NEW DELHI: India slammed Pakistan again on Tuesday for supporting cross-border terrorism , saying a nation which had nurtured terrorism on an industrial scale thinking that it could escape the consequences was fooling itself. Government was responding to a statement by the Pakistan foreign ministry which described PM Narendra Modi's address to the nation as "inflammatory".
"The terrorist infrastructure sites that India destroyed were responsible not only for the deaths of Indians but of many other innocents around the world. There is now a new normal. The sooner Pakistan gets used to it, the better," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Government also denied that there has been any India-Pakistan hyphenation, going by the statements coming out of the US. On the contrary, govt said, there was widespread understanding in the world that Indian tourists were the victims of terrorism in Pahalgam and that the epicentre of terrorism was across the border in Pakistan. "A number of foreign leaders, in their conversations with Indian counterparts, recognised India's right to defend itself and protect its people," Jaiswal said, recalling the UNSC condemnation of the reprehensible act of terrorism.
He also said India would continue to pursue the UN listing of The Resistance Front, an LeT proxy which claimed responsibility for Pahalgam, as a terror group. As foreign secretary Vikram Misri said last week, India has already provided information to the 1267 sanctions committee for its listing and will soon share more details with the monitoring team.
While Pakistan has said the ceasefire will collapse if the Indus Waters Treaty issue is not resolved, govt stressed that India will keep the treaty in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.
On Pakistani claims of having inflicted heavy damage upon Indian military facilities, govt said satellite pictures were available commercially and it was possible to look at the sites which Pakistan claims to have attacked. "Contrast it with the places which we successfully targeted and destroyed. That will give you a clear picture," Jaiswal said.
On who first sought an end to the fighting, the official said one has to look only at who called who to negotiate the terms of cessation of firing. "Till the night of May 9, Pakistan was threatening India with a massive assault. Once their attempt failed on May 10 morning and they received a devastating Indian counter-response, their tune changed," he added.
"The terrorist infrastructure sites that India destroyed were responsible not only for the deaths of Indians but of many other innocents around the world. There is now a new normal. The sooner Pakistan gets used to it, the better," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Government also denied that there has been any India-Pakistan hyphenation, going by the statements coming out of the US. On the contrary, govt said, there was widespread understanding in the world that Indian tourists were the victims of terrorism in Pahalgam and that the epicentre of terrorism was across the border in Pakistan. "A number of foreign leaders, in their conversations with Indian counterparts, recognised India's right to defend itself and protect its people," Jaiswal said, recalling the UNSC condemnation of the reprehensible act of terrorism.
He also said India would continue to pursue the UN listing of The Resistance Front, an LeT proxy which claimed responsibility for Pahalgam, as a terror group. As foreign secretary Vikram Misri said last week, India has already provided information to the 1267 sanctions committee for its listing and will soon share more details with the monitoring team.
While Pakistan has said the ceasefire will collapse if the Indus Waters Treaty issue is not resolved, govt stressed that India will keep the treaty in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.
On Pakistani claims of having inflicted heavy damage upon Indian military facilities, govt said satellite pictures were available commercially and it was possible to look at the sites which Pakistan claims to have attacked. "Contrast it with the places which we successfully targeted and destroyed. That will give you a clear picture," Jaiswal said.
On who first sought an end to the fighting, the official said one has to look only at who called who to negotiate the terms of cessation of firing. "Till the night of May 9, Pakistan was threatening India with a massive assault. Once their attempt failed on May 10 morning and they received a devastating Indian counter-response, their tune changed," he added.
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