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Dismissing reports suggesting that India struck Pakistan’s nuclear facility in Kirana Hills under ‘Operation Sindoor’, India on Tuesday said its military action was entirely within the conventional domain and that it was for the Pakistani side to respond to those claims.
During a press briefing on Tuesday, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was asked about social media buzz on ‘nuclear leakage’ in Pakistan after the Indian strikes.
“…Those are questions for them (Pakistan) to answer, not for us. Our position was made very clear during the defence briefing. As for your question, the Pakistani minister has already made some remarks on that,” he said.
Responding to US President Donald Trump’s remarks, in which he claimed that the US played a role in preventing a potential nuclear war between India and Pakistan that could have claimed millions of lives, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “The military action from our side was entirely in the conventional domain… There were some reports, however, that Pakistan National Command Authority will meet on 10th May but this was later denied by them. Pakistan FM has himself denied the nuclear angle on record.”
#WATCH | On speculation by US President Donald Trump on nuclear war, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, "...The military action from our side was entirely in the conventional domain...There were some reports, however, that Pakistan National Command Authority will meet on 10th… pic.twitter.com/yBo4tQknq8
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He said India has a firm stance that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail or allow cross-border terrorism to be conducted invoking it.
“In conversations with various countries, we have also cautioned that their subscribing to such scenarios could hurt them in their own region,” he added.
President Trump had on Monday claimed that US intervention prevented a “bad nuclear war” between India and Pakistan, after the South Asian rivals agreed a ceasefire following a series of clashes.
“We stopped a nuclear conflict. I think it could have been a bad nuclear war, millions of people could have been killed. So I’m very proud of that,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
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