In a significant development, Indian Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar, while talking to international media, has admitted that “Pakistan launched a very massive attack against India on the morning of May 10.”
In an interview with the US media outlet, Jaishankar said that JD Vance telephoned Prime Minister Modi directly and conveyed that if India did not concede on certain matters, Pakistan would launch a major assault.
“I was in the room when the US vice president spoke to Prime Minister Modi on the night of May 9, warning that the Pakistanis would launch a very massive assault on India if we did not accept certain things,” he said.
“That night, Pakistan did launch a large-scale attack,” Jaishankar stated.
Jaishankar is currently in the United States for the QUAD summit as India continues to face diplomatic failures.
India has failed to convince the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) members to name Pakistan in the joint statement regarding the Pahalgam incident.
This development comes days after India failed to get the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members to condemn Pakistan for the Pahalgam attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
After world leaders refused to name the Pahalgam incident while recognizing Pakistan’s legitimate concerns about Indian-sponsored terrorism, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh refused to sign the joint statement by SCO member states.
The recent faux pas committed by the Indian envoy at the SCO Summit and the QUAD joint statement come as yet another example of India’s global isolation.
The QUAD Statement, which Indian media is celebrating, stated, “The Quad unequivocally condemns all acts of terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism, and renews our commitment to counterterrorism cooperation.”
