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At India-Iran Joint Fee meet, Jaishankar defends cross-border strikes as focused motion after Pahalgam assault, reiterates India’s dedication to regional stability
New Delhi [India], Could 9:
Exterior Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, in his opening remarks on the twentieth India-Iran Joint Fee Assembly, firmly defended India’s precision strikes towards terrorist camps in Pakistan and PoJK, describing them as a “focused and measured response” to the barbaric Pahalgam terror assault on April 22.
“This assault compelled us to reply on seventh Could by putting at cross-border terrorist infrastructure. Our response was focused and measured,” Jaishankar said throughout the joint fee session, addressing Iranian International Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.
Reiterating India’s intent to keep away from battle escalation, Jaishankar clarified that whereas India doesn’t search additional escalation, any navy assault on Indian territory could be met with a “very, very agency response.”
“It’s not our intention to escalate this case. Nevertheless, if there are navy assaults on us, there needs to be little question that it is going to be met with a really agency response,” he emphasised.
The minister’s remarks come amid ongoing tensions following Operation Sindoor, throughout which India’s armed forces launched coordinated strikes on 9 terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The operation adopted the lethal terrorist assault in Pahalgam, which killed 28 civilians.
Shifting focus to the bilateral agenda, Jaishankar highlighted the depth of Indo-Iran relations, particularly as the 2 nations marked the seventy fifth anniversary of diplomatic ties.
“That is the seventy fifth anniversary of our diplomatic ties. It’s a reminder of the closeness of our collaboration and the deep friendship between us,” he stated, affirming India’s dedication to additional strengthening ties with Iran.
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He recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assembly with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Kazan in October 2024, and their subsequent cellphone name after the April 22 terror assault, underlining ongoing excessive-degree engagement.
“They’ve additionally had a cellphone dialog on 26 April,” Jaishankar famous.
As geopolitical tensions simmer on India’s western entrance, the joint assembly underscored New Delhi’s method of agency defence paired with diplomatic outreach, as India balances strategic deterrence with regional partnerships.