India-Pak Tensions: DGMO Talks At Noon, Army Briefing At 2:30 PM Today

A Director General of Military Operations (DGMO)-level talk with Pakistan will be held at noon on Monday (May 12) to discuss the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. The Army will also be addressing a briefing at 2:30 PM today.

Ahead of the DGMO-level talks scheduled for today, the CDS and the chiefs of the three armed forces arrived at the Prime Minister's residence. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also reached the venue, and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval was present as well.

This comes a day after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri confirmed on Sunday that Pakistan's DGMO contacted India. Both nations have agreed to halt all military actions on land, sea, and air, with effective from 5:00 PM on May 10. He then said that instructions have been issued to enforce ceasefire and that another round of DGMO-level talks have been scheduled for May 12 at 12:00 PM.

In a late night media briefing on Saturday, Vikram Misri had called upon Pakistan to take appropriate steps to address the ceasefire violations and deal with the situation with "seriousness and responsibility".

Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai said on Sunday that  Indian Armed Forces sent a "hotline message" to his Pakistani counterpart, flagging "violation" of the ceasefire understanding reached between the two nations on May 10. He also emphasised India's "firm and clear" intent to respond to these "fiercely and punitively" if repeated later.

"We earlier today sent another hotline message to my counterpart, highlighting these violations of the understanding between the DGMOs on the 10th of May, and our firm and clear intent to respond to these fiercely and punitively, if repeated tonight, subsequently or later," the DGMO said.

During the media briefing, the DGMO also said that these "violations were responded to robustly and dealt with as they must be."

Meanwhile, Lt General Ghai stated that the Indian Armed Forces have exercised "immense restraint" and "our actions have been focussed, measured and non-escalatory". "However, any threat to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and safety of our citizens, will be met with decisive force," he said.

After four tense days of cross-border drone and missile exchanges that pushed both nations dangerously close to full-scale war, India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire on May 10. The two sides reached an understanding to immediately halt all military actions,marking a crucial step back from further escalations.

 

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