The International Workplace (FO) has condemned Indian Protection Minister Rajnath Singh’s “extremely provocative and irresponsible feedback” concerning the Kashmir dispute, saying that the neighboring nation should not underestimate Pakistan’s resolve to “thwart any Indian adventurism”.
On Sunday, Singh had acknowledged that there can be “no talks with Pakistan”. In accordance with the Times of Indiahe went on to say that if any came about, they’d solely be on Azad Jammu and Kashmir, claiming that it was “illegally occupied by Pakistan”. He additionally stated that any “misadventure” would invite a response “past their creativeness”, the publication stated.
The FO responded to the claims in a press release issued early on Monday, saying Pakistan condemned within the “strongest attainable phrases the extremely provocative and irresponsible feedback” by the Indian protection minister.
“His assertion not solely distorts information concerning the UN and internationally acknowledged Jammu and Kashmir dispute that continues to be on the agenda of the UN Safety Council but additionally exhibits the Indian authorities’s deliberate coverage to threaten regional and worldwide peace and safety,” the FO stated.
“Such insinuations are an try to divert consideration from India’s continued occupation of illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, its sponsorship of terrorism throughout the area, in addition to its home instability,” it stated.
“Whereas resorting to its misplaced rhetoric of aggression and belligerence, India should not underestimate the individuals and authorities of Pakistan’s unwavering resolve and dedication to thwart any Indian adventurism as demonstrated by the complete Pakistani nation and its valiant armed forces throughout Operation Bunyanum Marsoos final yr,” it stated.
In Could 2025, a four-day battle between Pakistan and India was sparked by an assault on vacationers in occupied Kashmir, which New Delhi, with out proof, linked with Pakistan. Islamabad strongly denied duty whereas calling for a impartial investigation. The 2 had traded tit-for-tat strikes earlier than American intervention on Could 10 led to a ceasefire.
“Pakistan urges the worldwide neighborhood, specifically the United Nations, to pay attention to India’s continued rogue conduct and to carry it accountable for its failure to uphold the related UN Safety Council resolutions that assure the proper to self-determination of the individuals of Jammu and Kashmir,” the FO assertion stated.
In the meantime, Protection Minister Khawaja Asif stated that India’s “continued makes an attempt to rewrite internationally acknowledged authorized realities via coercive rhetoric can’t alter the information”.
Referring to Singh’s remarks, he stated that such statements mirrored a continued try to distort internationally acknowledged authorized realities via political rhetoric and coercive posturing.
“They neither alter the standing of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir nor contribute to regional peace, stability or significant dialogue,” the minister stated in a put up on X.
“India’s repeated makes an attempt to malign Pakistan lack credibility in mild of its personal well-documented file of state-sponsored terrorism and felony actions. Actually, India stays the most important sponsor of terrorism and perpetrator of instability in South Asia, holding the area hostage to its aggressively revisionist designs,” Asif stated.
“Equally alarming is India’s irresponsible rhetoric which dangers reducing the edge for interstate battle within the area,” he added.
Asif stated that Pakistan remained dedicated to peace and dialogue however its resolve to safeguard its sovereignty, territorial integrity and nationwide safety “is absolute and must not ever be examined”.
“Defence minister’s rhetoric is an try to deflect the eye from inside turmoil and rising unrest and discontent in opposition to Modi’s autocratic and divisive type of governance,” he stated.
