New Delhi:
There was no ‘nuclear signalling‘ by Islamabad in the course of the army battle with Pakistan earlier this month, Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri advised Parliament Monday night.
Mr Misri advised the Home’s Standing Committee on Exterior Affairs the battle remained “typical” and that Islamabad’s use of Chinese language-made weaponry – together with the HQ-9 missile defence system – was irrelevant as a result of “what issues is we hit their air bases laborious…”
Nevertheless, he declined to touch upon any Indian fighter jets that will have been shot down, citing nationwide safety constraints. There have been stories Pak shot down 5 Indian jets.
Issues that nuclear amenities – for weapons or civil use – could also be focused, intentionally or inadvertently, had been red-flagged in the course of the battle. Such issues had been additionally shouted out by Pakistan in an try to color India because the aggressor and ‘blackmail’ the Indian armed forces into submission.
These, nonetheless, had been dismissed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Mr Modi had mentioned India won’t be intimidated by ‘nuclear blackmail’. “Any terrorist secure haven working beneath this pretext will face exact and decisive strikes,” he declared.
The Indian Air Power earlier trashed rumours its strikes had hit Pak’s Kirana Hills, the place that nation’s nuclear facility is reportedly based mostly. In a humorous apart, Air Marshal AK Bharti advised reporters he hadn’t even heard of Kirana Hills and thanked the press for the ‘tip’.
‘No Trump, US Function In Ceasefire’
In an in depth briefing about Operation Sindoor – India’s army response to the Pahalgam terror assault – Mr Misri additionally mentioned the USA had no position to play within the Might 12 ceasefire.
This was in response to questions on US President Donald Trump’s claims about having averted a ‘nuclear warfare’ between India and Pakistan, and having ‘solved’ the Kashmir situation.
The Committee was advised Pak had reached out first; this was on the afternoon of Might 10 and after precision strikes by the Indian army hit Pak army installations, together with the Chines-made HQ-9 system in Lahore and the strategically necessary Nur Khan air base.
Mr Misri advised the Committee a plea for a ceasefire got here from Islamabad, particularly from Pakistan’s Director-Normal of Navy Operations, who reached out to his counterpart in Delhi.
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There was no ‘third-party mediation’ on this matter, Mr Misri assured the panel.
The Overseas Secretary – who was the face of the federal government, with Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, for the 100-hours of the battle with Pak – was additionally grilled about US President Donald Trump’s many claims that he had brokered a ‘peace’.
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The federal government has made it very clear that neither Mr Trump nor his administration performed any important position within the Indian army – which fight consultants agree had Pak on the ropes – standing down. The plea for a ceasefire got here from Pak, Mr Misri advised the Committee, and Delhi agreed to hear, and stop hostilities, as a result of targets set beneath Op Sindoor had been met.
The Committee was additionally advised no commerce favours had been exchanged with the US – with whom a free commerce settlement is being negotiated – in change for a ceasefire, and that commerce as a topic had by no means been a part of any cessation of hostilities discuss with the US or Pakistan.
On Turkey
Mr Misri was additionally requested about Turkey’s place on this matter.
Ankara and Baku, the seat of the Azerbaijani authorities, has supported Islamabad since Pahalgam and Op Sindoor, with stories even suggesting the previous has despatched army assist to Islamabad.
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The Overseas Secretary advised the Committee Turkey – labelled the ‘three brothers’ with Pakistan and Azerbaijan, which have shaped a nexus towards India – by no means was a standard supporter.
Op Sindoor
Op Sindoor had initially focused and destroyed 9 terror camps – 4 in Pak and 5 in Pak-occupied Kashmir. These included the headquarters of two key terrorist teams – the Jaish-e-Mohammed that was behind the 2019 Pulwama and 2016 Uri assaults, and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
It was an offshoot of the Lashkar, The Resistance Entrance, that carried out the Pahalgam assault.
It then prolonged to the Indian air defence system taking pictures down or neutralising a barrage of Pak missiles and drones aimed toward Indian army and civilian centres over 4 successive nights.
India had repeatedly warned Pak towards permitting terrorist outfits to function from it soil, pointing to a mountain of rising proof linking the Pakistani deep state to assaults around the globe.
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Op Sindoor, the PM had mentioned earlier, marked a big shift within the new technique within the warfare on terror, a shift that shall be defined to the world by seven all-party delegations to be dispatched worldwide.