New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that India has responded in measured manner against Pakistan’s provocations. He also reacted to Pakistani Army’s claims that Indian missiles hit Afghanistan and the Air force station is destroyed in Sirsa calling the “completely false.” Further, he also spoke on the Pakistan’s shelling in Rajouri which claimed the life of district official.
Vikram Misri said, “It is Pakistani actions that have constituted provocation and escalation. In response, and I repeat, in response, India has defended itself and reacted in a responsible and measured manner to these provocations and escalations by the Pakistani side. Earlier this morning, we saw a repeat of this escalatory and provocative pattern, the claims they (Pakistan) have made about attacking and destroying various places, military installations, and facilities, as pointed out by my colleagues here this morning, are completely false. The claim about the Air Force station in Sirsa being destroyed is completely false, as you have seen. The claim about the Air Force station in Suratgarh being destroyed is also completely false. There is a claim that has been made that the S-400 base at Adhampur was destroyed; once again, that is completely false...Earlier this morning, Pakistan shelled the town of Rajouri, killing the Additional District Development Commissioner, Shri Rajkumar Thapa, adding to the civilian casualties and damage in that state. We have also observed overnight damage to property and injuries to civilians in Firozpur and Jalandhar, among other places. Finally, as I mentioned, Pakistani officials continue to make ludicrous claims about India firing missiles towards Shri Amritsar Sahib. As I said, these lame attempts to divide India are doomed to failure"
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Vikram Misri said, “It is Pakistani actions that have constituted provocation and escalation. In response, and I repeat, in response, India has defended itself and reacted in a responsible and measured manner to these provocations and escalations by the Pakistani side. Earlier this morning, we saw a repeat of this escalatory and provocative pattern, the claims they (Pakistan) have made about attacking and destroying various places, military installations, and facilities, as pointed out by my colleagues here this morning, are completely false. The claim about the Air Force station in Sirsa being destroyed is completely false, as you have seen. The claim about the Air Force station in Suratgarh being destroyed is also completely false. There is a claim that has been made that the S-400 base at Adhampur was destroyed; once again, that is completely false...Earlier this morning, Pakistan shelled the town of Rajouri, killing the Additional District Development Commissioner, Shri Rajkumar Thapa, adding to the civilian casualties and damage in that state. We have also observed overnight damage to property and injuries to civilians in Firozpur and Jalandhar, among other places. Finally, as I mentioned, Pakistani officials continue to make ludicrous claims about India firing missiles towards Shri Amritsar Sahib. As I said, these lame attempts to divide India are doomed to failure"
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00:00As we have told in the past 2-3 press briefings, this is a Pakistani statement from the past 2-3 days which is seen in an escalatory and provocative manner.
00:19I have said on numerous earlier occasions, it is Pakistani actions that have constituted provocation and escalation.
00:31In response, and I repeat, in response, India has defended and reacted in a responsible and measured fashion to these provocations and these escalations by the Pakistani side.
00:48Earlier this morning, we saw a repeat of this escalatory and provocative pattern.
00:55As you have seen, Pakistani claims about activities that they have undertaken continue to be heavy on lies, misinformation and propaganda.
01:11And on top of that, this is peddled by Pakistani state agencies.
01:18The claims that they have made about attacking and destroying various places, various military installations and facilities, as has been pointed out by my colleagues here this morning, are completely false.
01:35The claim about the air force station in Sirsa being destroyed, completely false, as you have seen.
01:43The claim about the air force station in Suratgarh being destroyed, completely false again, as you have seen.
01:49There is a claim that has been made that the S-400 base at Adampur was destroyed, completely false, once again.
01:56Claims have been made about large sections of Indian critical infrastructure, power systems, cyber systems, etc. being attacked and destroyed, completely false.
02:09I would urge all of you and all those who watch this, not to be misled by this tissue of lies that is being peddled by the Pakistani state for obvious purposes.
02:24The second point that I wanted to emphasize is that Pakistan continues with its execrable and wanton campaign of targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, especially in the states of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
02:42There is also on its part a consistent attempt to sow discord between communities in India.
02:50As I said, there has been a particular focus in its targeting of civilian infrastructure and the population in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
03:00Earlier this morning, Pakistan shelled the town of Rajauri, killing the additional District Development Commissioner, Sri Rajkumar Thappa, adding to the civilian casualties and the damage in that state.
03:13We have also observed overnight damage to property and injuries to civilians in Firozpur and Jalandhar, among other places.
03:23Finally, as I said, Pakistani officials also continue to make ludicrous claims about India firing missiles towards Sri Amritsar Sahib.
03:35As I said, these lame attempts to divide India are doomed to failure.
03:41We have also seen in some of the remarks that have been shown on television that the Pakistani army spokesman seems to take great joy at the fact that the Indian public should criticize the government of India with regard to various issues.
04:02It may be a surprise to Pakistan to see citizens criticizing their own government.
04:11That is the hallmark of an open and functioning democracy.
04:17Pakistan's unfamiliarity with that, again, should not be surprising.
04:22And finally, there is this yet again completely ludicrous claim that Indian missiles have hit Afghanistan, totally frivolous allegation.
04:36And I only want to point out that Afghan people don't need to be reminded about which country it is that has, on multiple occasions, in just the last one and a half years,
04:48targeted civilian populations and civilian infrastructure in Afghanistan.
04:53Ladies and gentlemen, as you would have gathered from this morning's briefing, we are dealing with an evolving situation.
05:03Accordingly, today, we don't have the time to take questions, but we will continue to update you on this situation as we go along.
05:10Thank you all very much for joining us this morning.