New Delhi:
The US had no position to play in Operation Sindoor – India’s army response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault, wherein 9 terror camps in Pakistan and Pak-occupied Kashmir had been neutralised and Islamabad’s missile-drone counterattack repelled – sources informed NDTV Monday night after the federal government briefed the Parliamentary Committee on Exterior Affairs.
The committee was additionally informed it was Pak that reached out to India for a ceasefire; this was after precision strikes by the Indian armed forces hit Pak army installations, together with a China-made missile defence system in Lahore and the strategically vital Nur Khan air base.
Sources stated the committee – chaired by the Congress’ Shashi Tharoor, one in all seven main all-party delegations to temporary overseas nations on India’s response to Pahalgam – was informed the plea got here from Pak’s Director-Common of Army Operations, who reached out to his counterpart on Might 10 afternoon.
Sources stated the committee was informed the ceasefire plea got here from Islamabad, particularly from Pakistan’s Director-Common of Army Operations, who reached out to his counterpart in Delhi.
The committee was briefed by Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri, who up to date the MPs on the present state of diplomatic engagement with Pakistan, cross-border safety challenges within the post-Pahalgam and Op Sindoor section, and the broader implications for regional stability.
India and Pakistan agreed to stop hostilities on Might 12 – 48 hours after the Pak DGMO’s telephone name. The Indian army has since confirmed there is no such thing as a ‘expiration date’ on the ceasefire, indicating Delhi will honour the settlement as long as Islamabad holds up its finish of the deal.
Affirmation of a ceasefire got here from either side however not earlier than US President Donald Trump – whose administration might have persuaded Islamabad to succeed in out to Delhi – tried to assert credit score a number of instances. He stated he threatened to withhold American commerce to safe the ceasefire.
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India final week issued a agency six-point rebuttal to his claims, even laying out the sequence of occasions that led to the 2 DGMOs talking on the telephone and agreeing to stop hostilities.
Trump, nevertheless, continued to insist he “positive as hell helped…”
NDTV has been assured no commerce favours had been exchanged for the ceasefire with Pakistan.
In reality, Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed reporters Thursday talks are ongoing over a “sophisticated” settlement and that “nothing is determined until all the things is…”
India has additionally categorically rejected Trump’s provide to mediate an answer to the long-standing Kashmir disaster. India has made it clear over time a third-party will not be welcome.
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Delhi has additionally insisted the one talks with Islamabad on Kashmir will do with the disabling of terrorist infrastructure in Pak and the return of illegally occupied Indian territory.
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