After the strikes, verbal threats. The Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, warned on Thursday, May 8, that any attack against Pakistan would awaken “a very firm response” of India, the day after the most violent military confrontation between the two nuclear powers in two decades.
“It is not with our intention of causing a new climb,” he said at the opening of a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi. “But if we are attacked, there is no doubt that we will respond very firmly.”
“A nation of brave people”
For his part, the Pakistani prime minister also committed an answer to the Indian strikes, which left 31 dead and 57 wounded on the Pakistani side, according to the latest army report.
“Because of the flagrant error committed by India last night, now you will have to pay the price,” said television speech on the PTV public channel, Shehbaz Sharif.
“Maybe they thought we were going to retire, but forgot that … we are a nation of brave people,” he added.
They will go in mediator
Iran proposed his mediation between the two nuclear powers after the attack that killed April 26 in Pahalgam, a tourist city in the Indian part of the disputed Cashmere region.
India accused Pakistan of supporting the jihadist group that is responsible for the attack, which Islamabad firmly denied. Abbas Araghchi spoke on Monday with officials of the Pakistani government.
“We hope that the parties show restrictions to avoid climbing tensions in the region,” said Iranian minister when he arrived in India. Iran has good relations with India, as well as with Pakistan.
The mutual bombings of May 7 between India and Pakistan left at least 45 dead in both fields, almost all civilians.
Source: BFM TV
