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The Indian Army on Sunday (May 18) clarified that the understanding reached with the Pakistani side earlier this month, following a brief period of military escalation, has “no expiry date”, effectively meaning that the ceasefire will continue to remain in place along the Line of Control (LoC).
The clarification came after reports that the ‘understanding’ between the two militaries was scheduled to last till Sunday evening, indicating the possibility of fresh escalation between the two sides.
It is to be noted that the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan on May 12 decided to continue with the understanding of halting all military actions.
“As far as continuation of break in hostilities, as decided in DGMOs interaction of May 12 are concerned, there is no expiry date to it,” the Indian Army said in a brief clarification.
It also made it clear that there are no “DGMO talks” scheduled for Sunday as reported in a sector of the media.
The arrangement reached on May 10 came after four days of intense hostilities that saw the two sides targeting each other’s military installations with drones, missiles and long-range weapons that raised fears of a wider military conflict.
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Concerns regarding fresh escalation between the two nuclear-armed nations arose last week when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India’s Operation Sindoor against Pakistan had just been “paused”.
“When Pakistan reached out, they assured that there would be no further terrorist activity or military aggression from their side. Only then did India consider its response. I repeat once again — we have merely suspended our retaliatory actions against Pakistan’s terrorist and military targets for now,” said PM Modi.
“Terrorists in their dreams could not think that India could take such a big step,” the Indian leader added.
Operation Sindoor
Under Operation Sindoor, India carried out precision strikes on terror infrastructure early on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
Following the Indian action, Pakistan attempted to attack Indian military bases on May 8, 9 and 10.
The Pakistani attempts were strongly responded to by the Indian side, inflicting heavy damage to a number of key Pakistani military installations, including air bases, air defence systems, command and control centres and radar sites.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on May 10 evening announced that India and Pakistan reached an understanding to stop all firings and military actions on land, air and sea, with immediate effect.
On May 15, Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told the country’s Senate that the DGMOs of Pakistan and India talked over the hotline on May 14 to discuss the “ceasefire”.
(With inputs from agencies)
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