Bruce during her Press Briefing said that in his phone call to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Rubio called for an immediate de-escalation.
Noting that April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam was "original escalation" by Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Thursday that India has responded through precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoJK and further escalation is being responded to appropriately.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday highlighted that Pakistan had repeatedly violated Indus Water Treaty by deliberately creating "legal roadblocks" over the years and said that It is India's patience that India was "adhering to the treaty for the last 65 years."
Foreign Secretary Vikram Mistri on Thursday cornered Pakistan over its attempt to "wash its hands off" from terrorism and highlighted several instances of the neighboring country's involvement in spreading terror.
Dismissing Pakistan's claims that it had downed Indian jets, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri called the claims baseless propaganda, calling it part of a long-standing pattern of misinformation. He further recalled how Pakistan has been resorting to falsehoods since its inception in 1947, i
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has expressed puzzlement over Pakistan's decision to hold state funerals for terrorists killed in India's Operation Sindoor.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Thursday that Pahalgam terror attack was "original escalation" by Pakistan and India responded in "controlled, precise, measured, considered and non-escalatory" manner through precise strikes on terror infrastructure early on Wednesday.
"We are doing all the right things so far. The nature of Operation Sindoor was right. The messaging of the press conference in which the foreign secretary, a Kashmiri Pandit, was flanked on both sides by women officers, one of whom was a Muslim, demonstrates a narrative against the one of Hi