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New Delhi, Sep 22: Army Chief, Bipin Rawat Saturday threatened Pakistan of retaliation over the latter’s alleged involvement in the killing of a BSF soldier and policemen in Kashmir last week.
The remarks come a day after New Delhi called off a meeting scheduled for next week between its foreign minister with the Pakistani counterpart.
“We need to take stern action to avenge the barbarism that ‘terrorists’ and the Pakistan Army have been carrying out,” news agency ANI reported General Rawat saying.
“Yes, it’s time to give it back to them in the same coin, not resorting to similar kind of barbarism. But I think the other side must also feel the same pain.”
Reacting to the General Rawat, Pakistan’s Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Pakistan will continue to strive for peace, and added that the world is watching as to who wants peace and who wants war.
“We reject war mongering by ruling elite of India everyone know Indian Govt strategy is to use hate mongering against Pak basically to bail Pm Modi from call for resignation post French jets Rafael deal and divert attention of Indian public from this mega corruption scandal,” he tweeted.
Pakistan army chief spokesman Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor too reacted to Gen Rawat’s remarks saying that India was trying to divert attention from domestic problem by calling off talks with Pakistan and resorting to baseless propaganda.
“Pakistan army is a professional institution. It is part of army’s professional code of conduct. No Pakistani troop was involved in mutilation of Indian soldier,” Ghafoor was quoted saying by Pakistan media.
To a question, DG ISPR said that India “should not get into war mongering as a ruse to deflect international challenges.”
“We need to maintain peace in the region and it should not be misconstrued as our weakness. India should not retort to war mongering,” he said.
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