- Pakistan decides when we react, says Dar.
- DPM says that the action of India is not forgiven.
- He calls Turkiye “a very close brother” in Pakistan.
Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar said that Pakistan and India’s national security advisers had spoken after the New Delhi’s unlikely missile strikes.
“There were contacts between the two, yes,” he said TRT World In response to a question of whether the NSAs contacted India after Pakistan.
India launched strikes on Pakistan and AJK early Wednesday morning – an assault that Islamabad described a “act of blatant war” – while tensions are unleashed between nuclear weapons after a deadly attack on tourists illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) last month.
Islamabad said six Pakistani locations from mosques to hydroelectric projects were targeted.
At least 31 civilians, including children, were martyred and 57 injuries after launching India last night.
In retaliation, the armed forces of Pakistan shot down five planes from the Indian Air Force (IAF), seven drones, destroyed a brigade headquarters and a number of control posts along the control line (LOC).
Speaking to TRT WorldDar said: “India has done something that is not tolerant.”
“The country will decide when and what mode and what form we will react in the future,” he added.
He said that Turkiye was the first country to publish an official conviction on India’s assault.
“This morning after the attack, which was almost after midnight, around 1 a.m., the first call I received was from the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Turkiye,” said Dar.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and expressed Turkiye’s desire to “do everything possible to prevent a new climbing of tensions” between India and Pakistan.
Erdogan expressed the solidarity of Turkiye with Pakistan and practiced condolences to martyrs, and prayed for the rapid recovery of the wounded.
The declaring “a very favorable statement”, Dar said that Erdogan’s words showed that Turkiye was like “a very close brother” in Pakistan.
One of the first ambassadors to contact him personally and through Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan after India strikes was the Turkish ambassador to Islamabad, Dar added.
“So you can assess our brotherhood, our friendship and our proximity,” he added.
The Turkish President expressed support for the “calm and measured approach” in Pakistan to resolve the crisis.
In a separate declaration, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that the attack on India “had created a risk of total war” and condemned its “provocative” stages and targeting civilians.
“We greatly appreciate our friendship and our brotherhood with Turkiye,” added Dar.
In addition to Türkiye, other countries and multilateral actors such as the United Nations have also called for an early resolution of the military dispute between the two countries.
