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The Pakistani military said on Wednesday it had shot down an Indian spy drone on its side of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The incident came days after a meeting between the Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers in Russia last week signalling a new thaw in the ties between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
"An Indian spy drone used for aerial photography was shot down by Pakistani troops which intruded into Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) near Bhimber today," the military said in a statement.
After months of stalemate and recriminations, Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif spoke for around an hour while visiting Russia, the talks ending with an agreement by the Indian premier to attend a regional summit in Islamabad next year.
While Sharif did attend Modi's inauguration in May last year, relations soon cooled amid flare-ups in violence along the border in Kashmir.