Pakistan has slammed Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh for threatening to cross the Line of Control (LoC) while asking citizens to “be ready to support the troops in such a situation”.
“Pakistan condemns the provocative remarks made by the Defense Minister of India in Daras, Ladakh on July 26, 2023, in which he boasted about his readiness to cross the Line of Control,” the Foreign Office said in a statement on Wednesday.
In another belligerent statement earlier today, Defense Minister Singh said that India “to maintain its honor and dignity, to cross the de facto border into India’s illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)”. Ready,” reports JEE News.
“We advise India to exercise extreme caution as its belligerent rhetoric poses a threat to regional peace and stability and contributes to destabilizing the strategic environment in South Asia,” the FO statement added. ‘
It said that this is not the first time that Indian political leaders and senior military officers have made highly irresponsible comments about Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). “Such frivolous statements must be stopped. The Indian leadership is reminded that Pakistan is fully capable of defending itself against any aggression.”
The FO communique said there is a need to end the tradition of dragging Pakistan into India’s populist public discourse with the aim of fueling hyper-nationalism and gaining electoral gains.
He added that everything from history to law and from morality to the situation on the ground belies India’s claims to Jammu and Kashmir, an internationally recognized disputed territory.
The statement added that the relevant UN Security Council resolutions stated that the final decision on Area 516, under the auspices of the United Nations, was based on the will of the people as expressed through the democratic process of a free and impartial referendum. will go “India would be well-advised to implement these resolutions with integrity, rather than indulge in notions of grandeur.”
