India-Pakistan ceasefire was bilateral: Misri to MP delegation on Trump’s mediation claims

Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri knowledgeable a parliamentary committee on Monday that the current navy confrontation between India and Pakistan remained inside the bounds of standard warfare, with no indicators of nuclear posturing from Islamabad, information company PTI reported, citing sources.

Responding to some opposition MPs who raised considerations over US President Trump’s repeated claims that Washington performed a job in de-escalating the battle, Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri mentioned the choice to cease navy operations was made bilaterally between the 2 nations.

Some MPs, the sources mentioned, requested if Pakistan used Chinese language platforms within the battle. Misri mentioned it didn’t matter as India hammered Pakistani air bases.

When an opposition member requested about Trump’s a number of social media posts eyeing “centre-stage” after India and Pakistan determined to cease hostilities, the overseas secretary quipped that the US president didn’t take his permission to take action.

The committee members additionally unanimously condemned the trolling of Misri following the stoppage of navy actions and praised his skilled conduct, the sources mentioned.

To questions on Turkiye’s adversarial stand in opposition to India, he mentioned the nation had historically not been a supporter of India.

The assembly of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Exterior Affairs, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was attended by quite a lot of lawmakers, together with the TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, the Congress’ Rajeev Shukla and Deepender Hooda, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, and the BJP’s Aparajita Sarangi and Arun Govil.

The assembly comes in opposition to the backdrop of the Indian Armed Forces finishing up Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam assault and the next navy actions between the 2 nations.

India and Pakistan reached an understanding on halting all navy actions on Could 10.

With inputs from companies