India summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat Wednesday and lodged a formal protest after a Pakistani naval vessel collided with an Indian warship in international waters in the northern Arabian Sea, according to Reuters.

Indian officials said the Pakistani vessel approached a frontline Indian warship at high speed Tuesday while the Indian vessel was conducting a routine surveillance mission.

The maneuver resulted in a collision, although Indian officials said the impact did not cause major damage.

New Delhi described the Pakistani vessel’s conduct as unacceptable and unprofessional and said it violated a 1991 agreement governing military exercises, maneuvers and troop movements between the two countries.

The episode marks a new point of military friction between the nuclear-armed neighbors following their four-day conflict last year, which ended with a ceasefire.

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