Source Credit : Press Trust of India
Just hours after India and Pakistan reached an agreement to cease military operations, New Delhi accused Islamabad on Saturday of violating the terms of that understanding.
During a late-night media briefing, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri urged Pakistan to take decisive action to address these violations and to approach the situation with the utmost seriousness and responsibility.
The armed forces have been given instructions to deal strongly with any instances of repetition of the violations of the border along the International Border as well as the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, he said.
“For the last few hours, there have been repeated violations of the understanding arrived at earlier this evening between the Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan,” he said.
“This is a breach of the understanding arrived at earlier today,” Misri said. “The armed forces are giving an adequate and appropriate response to these violations and we take very very serious note of these violations,” he Added.
The armed forces are maintaining a strong vigil on the situation, the foreign secretary said.
“We call upon Pakistan to take appropriate steps to address these violations and deal with the situation with seriousness and responsibility,” he added.
“The armed forces are maintaining a strong vigil on the situation. They have been given instructions to deal strongly with any instances of repetition of the violations of the border along the International Border as well as the Line of Control,” he said.
