Pakistan summons Indian diplomat after Operation Sindoor
Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Chargé d’Affaires Geetika Srivastava to protest against the Indian military’s Operation Sindoor, PTI reported.
The chargé d’affaires, who is in charge of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to “receive strong protest” over what the ministry called “unprovoked Indian strikes”.
Following Pakistan’s downgrade of diplomatic ties with India in August 2019 over New Delhi’s decision to abrogate the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, both countries’ diplomatic missions have been led by chargés d’affaires instead of the high commissioners.
Srivastava was summoned hours after the Indian military carried out strikes on what it said were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. The Indian armed forces targeted nine sites as part of the military operation.
Islamabad claimed the strikes had killed and injured several civilians and called the operation a violation of its sovereignty, PTI reported.
After carrying out the strikes, India’s defence ministry said that its actions had been “focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature”.
“No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted,” the ministry said. “India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and methods in Pakistan.”
It added: “We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for the attack will be held accountable.”
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