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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mentioned his nation “showcased its energy” and “proved its superiority” in clashes with Pakistan that introduced the nuclear-armed neighbours to the brink of conflict.
In a triumphant televised handle on Monday that got here as his first public feedback since India launched air assaults on Pakistan final week, Modi additionally warned that New Delhi had drawn “new crimson strains” for Islamabad and that it had “solely suspended” its army operation.
India and Pakistan final week launched missiles and drones into one another’s territories, concentrating on key army installations and areas far past their conventional theatre of battle within the contested area of Kashmir.
“We’ve got at all times defeated Pakistan in conflict,” Modi mentioned, clenching his fist. “India has proved its superiority within the new age of warfare.”
Each nations are portraying themselves because the winners of the army exchanges. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif mentioned in an handle to the nation on Sunday mentioned his nation has received a “historic victory” towards India.
India and Pakistan agreed a ceasefire on Saturday, calling a halt to a four-day battle that India painted as an important showdown with a rustic it accuses of supporting cross-border terrorism.
Pakistan mentioned it was appearing in justifiable defence and denied any position within the killing of 26 civilians in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir in April.
Modi claimed {that a} “battered Pakistan regarded for an escape route” including that Islamabad “went crying to the world” forward of the ceasefire. “Pakistan pleaded with us to cease assaults, however we thought of it solely after they promised to cease their misadventure.”
On Sunday, Sharif described Pakistan because the sufferer of an “unjustified conflict” waged by India utilizing the bloodbath of vacationers at Pahalgam as a pretext.
Modi accused Pakistan of being an “instance of a state sponsor of terror” including that India’s army operation “has set a brand new benchmark”.
The Indian prime minister mentioned that “terror and talks” couldn’t go collectively and that New Delhi would solely speak to Pakistan on points associated to terrorism and what India calls Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Further reporting by Jyotsna Singh in New Delhi
