Ambassador of India to the USA, Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Thursday reiterated India’s stand on the escalating tensions with Pakistan. He talked about Operation Sindoor in response to Pahalgam terror attack, India’s stance on current developments and measures taken to counter mischievous actions. In an interview to CNN, Kwatra pointed out that India is at “War With Terrorists” supported by Pakistan. During the conversation, he highlighted the killing of innocent Americans in 26/11 Mumbai attacks carried out by terrorists.
What Did Kwatra Say?
When asked whether tensions between eastern nuclear power countries, India and Pakistan is escalating. He stressed that the original escalation happened on April 22, when Pakistan backed terrorists killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam. “When you talk of tensions, and when you talk of escalation, what I would say is that the original escalations, or the original breakout of tension happened on April 22. When four terrorists backed by Pakistan, carried out killings, brutal killings, sub-human monstrous kinds of killings of 26 civilians, Indian civilians 25 of them and one Nepali national.”
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He further pointed out at the brutality of April 22 killings and the nature of attack carried on the basis of religion. Kwatra said, “They killed them in front of their innocent wives, in front of their innocent children, they gave them headshots and they did so on the basis of religion, so they killed all non-Muslims who were in that group.”
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Kwatra justified the measure taken by Indian government (Operation Sindoor) and said, “So what we did day before yesterday, was essentially our response to these sub-human killings.” He reiterated that India had warned that being a responsible country, it will have a very measured, calibrated, proportionate, responsible response, and that’s what we did.
He added, “What we did was to take out the terror factories at 9 locations in Pakistan and PoK.”
When questioned about how does he see the situation right now with Pakistan and is India at war? Kwatra said, “We are at war with terrorists,” and added, “World should be concerned about Pakistan’s support of terrorist since last three decades.”
He further called out Pakistan’s denial of involvement in the Pahalgam terror attack as the first part of its strategy.
“The strikes were intended to hold the terrorists accountable and deliver justice to the victims. Pakistan’s subsequent military action is them saying that they stand with the terrorists," Kwatra added.