The government on Tuesday, May 13, unequivocally rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims of having averted a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan, stating that the military action was entirely within the conventional domain.
“The military action was entirely in the conventional domain. There were some reports that Pakistan’s National Command Authority will meet on 10 May. But this was later denied by them. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister has himself denied the nuclear angle on record,” the External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, said in a briefing.
He stressed, “As you know, India has a firm stance that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail or allow cross-border terrorism to be conducted invoking it. In conversations with various countries, we also cautioned that their subscribing to such scenarios could hurt them in their own region.”
