New Delhi: China called India’s Operation Sindoor “regret” and urged New Delhi and Islamabad to “exercise restraint” in a statement on Wednesday morning. India to be done Presioration strikes on nine sites within the early hours of Wednesday, Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK).
A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, “China regrets India’s military campaign this morning. We are concerned about the ongoing situation. India and Pakistan are always neighbors of each other. They are also neighbors of China.”
The statement said: “China opposes all forms of terrorism. We urge both sides to act in the big interest of peace and stability, be calm, calm, exercise restraint and avoid taking action that can make the situation more complicated.”
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Beijing is the second permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), who reacts to Sindhor’s operation after the comments of US President Donald Trump.
China has long maintained economic and strategic relations with Pakistan, with Pakistan Air Force (PAF) along with several Chinese-made fighter jets including JF-17. It is one of Pakistan’s largest economic partners for a long time, with a large-scale investment in the Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Gwadar ports.
In recent months, relations between India and China have begun to melt, after a struggle in the Galwan Valley between two terrorists in the summer of 2020 after a tension of nearly four years.
India last month Announced The resume of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, which is scheduled to begin next month, while one of the demands of Beijing, direct flight access, is ready to resume soon.
In the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian armed forces launched attacks against nine sites including Bahawalpur in Pakistan, and in other areas within POK in response to the Pahgam terror attack.
Armed terrorists opened fire on tourists near Pahalgam, with at least 26 people, including 25 Indians and a foreign national, on 22 April. A day later, India announced cross-border relations for the attack and imposed a part of punitive measures against Pakistan, including the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. India reduced the strength of Islamabad’s mission to 30 from New Delhi, while three defense advisors expelled and canceled the situation.
On 24 April, Pakistan announced its own measures, including it that it would give the right to put all bilateral agreements, including the 1972 Shimla Agreement. Pakistan has also done missile tests in recent times. It has vowed vengeance for the operation vermilion.
India’s Ministry of Defense called accurate attacks as “focus, measured and non-intelligent” in nature. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has informed his American counterpart Marco Rubio on the strike.
According to sources, senior Indian officials have also informed their counterparts in UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Russia.
(Edited by Geetanjali Das)
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