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Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said Thursday (May 8) there was no information to confirm that the National Security Advisor (NSA) of India and Pakistan had spoken to each other.
Misri was responding to a question regarding a claim made by Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar that the two NSAs, Ajit Doval from India and Lieutenant General Asim Malik from Pakistan, had communicated.
Dar made the remarks during an interview with TRT World’s Kamran Yousaf.
Earlier, it was reported that the talks between the NSAs of the nuclear-armed neighbours could signal a potential de-escalation following India’s most successful counter-terror operation on Pakistani soil.
India on Wednesday conducted missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, with Indian forces aiming to target top Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders for their role in orchestrating terror attacks in India.
According to some media reports, diplomatic channels between India and Pakistan are open, although they are believed to be in a ‘crisis mode".
Indian Express earlier reported that Indian charge d’affaires in Islamabad Geetika Srivastava has been in touch with key interlocutors in Islamabad.
Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has also claimed that the US was leading de-escalation efforts in India conflict.
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More ShortsIn a statement to Reuters, Asif also declared that India’s drone incursions into Pakistan on Thursday made Pakistan’s attack on India “increasingly certain”.
Indian armed forces on Thursday (May 8) targeted air defence radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan, effectively inflicting damage on its air defence units and taking out an air defence system in Lahore, the government said in a statement.
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