EAM Jaishankar chairs Consultative Committee meet, discusses Op Sindoor and anti-terror stand

Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday chaired a gathering of the Consultative Committee of Parliament on Exterior Affairs.

Sharing a put up on X, Jaishankar wrote, “Chaired the Consultative Committee Assembly of MEA this morning in Delhi. Mentioned Op Sindoor and India’s zero-tolerance coverage towards terrorism in all its kinds and manifestations. Underlined the significance of sending a powerful and united message in that regard.”

Chaired the Consultative Committee Assembly of MEA this morning in Delhi.

Mentioned #OpSindoor and India’s zero-tolerance coverage towards terrorism in all its kinds and manifestations.

Underlined the significance of sending a powerful and united message in that regard. pic.twitter.com/xa42X4WJBe

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) Could 26, 2025

In response to sources, the panel was knowledgeable that the Authorities wished to go for high-value targets and hit them early. The strikes had an influence on the credibility and morale of the Pakistani Armed Forces. The truth that they had been incapable of defending these terror epicentres had uncovered them.

The Panel was knowledgeable that other than three international locations, nobody had criticised India’s place on Operation Terror. All nations appreciated India’s stand towards terror. There was a terrific appreciation of India’s proper to defend itself. On this context, the assertion just lately made by the German Overseas Minister Johann Wadephul was highlighted.

Wadephul, whereas addressing a joint briefing with EAM Jaishankar in Berlin on Could 23 mentioned that India had each proper to defend itself towards terrorism.

“We had been appalled by the brutal terrorist assault on India on the twenty second of April. We condemned this assault on civilians within the strongest phrases. Our deepest sympathy goes out to all victims and their households. After navy assaults on either side, India, in fact, has each proper to defend itself towards terrorism. The truth that the truce is now in place is one thing we respect very a lot. What’s essential now could be that this truce stays secure, that dialogue can occur with the intention to discover bilateral options for that battle, bearing in mind the important pursuits of either side. Germany and India have been fostering a daily dialogue on the combat towards terrorism for years, and we intend to accentuate it additional,” Johann Wadephul mentioned.

The controversy over EAM supposedly tipping off Pakistan was introduced up by the Congress. Sources mentioned that the federal government defined that there was completely no dialog between India and Pakistan in any method aside from Director Common of Army Operation (DGMO) stage, and that too solely after the strikes. The sequence of occasions was – the phobia hubs had been hit and in accordance with a launch issued by the Press Data Bureau, the DGMO of India contacted the Pakistani DGMO:

Sources mentioned that the Exterior Affairs Minister mentioned that the misrepresentation of this was dishonest. Just lately, the Congress had questioned if the federal government had alerted the Pakistan facet previous to Op Sindoor.

The MPs wished to learn about President Trump’s claims and different remarks. Sources mentioned that the federal government defined that the People and the opposite international locations who had been encouraging India to speak to Pakistan had been instructed that terror and talks wouldn’t go collectively. The federal government additional mentioned that the EAM had repeatedly mentioned on report that the cessation of hostilities was achieved after the DGMOs of the 2 international locations had spoken to one another.

Sources mentioned that EAM strongly appealed for nationwide unity and spirit with which the parliamentary delegation went overseas identical must be adopted domestically

On the Indus Water Treaty, the delegation wished to know if the federal government was desiring to proceed or was it simply symbolic. The federal government mentioned that the treaty is in abeyance and MPs can be briefed on future steps that will probably be taken, sources mentioned.

Sources mentioned the EAM appealed for nationwide unity consistent with the spirit of the conversations that the parliamentary delegations had been having in varied international locations’ capitals. In a diplomatic outreach following Operation Sindoor, the Modi authorities has fashioned seven multi-party delegations to tell nations about Pakistan’s hyperlinks to terrorism, and India’s sturdy message of zero-tolerance for terrorism in all its kinds and manifestations.

Operation Sindoor was launched on Could 7 as a decisive navy response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault by Pak-sponsored terrorists wherein 26 individuals had been killed. Indian Armed Forces focused terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the loss of life of over 100 terrorists affiliated with terror outfits just like the Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen