Vikram Misri Tells Parliamentary Panel: India-Pakistan Conflict Was Conventional, No Nuclear Signaling

Vikram Misri Tells Parliamentary Panel: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told a parliamentary committee on Monday that India’s conflict with Pakistan was always in the conventional domain and there was “no nuclear signaling” by the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

According to sources quoted in a PTI report, Vikram Misri, who led the Centre’s briefing on India’s “Operation Sindoor” on Monday, said the decision to reach a ceasefire understanding was taken at the bilateral level as panel members asked about US role in stopping the four-day military conflict.

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The DGMOs of the two countries had reached an understanding to stop all military action on May 10.

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He also said Pakistan’s use of Chinese-made weapon platforms “doesn’t matter” as Indian armed forces had “hammered” Pakistan’s air bases while retaliating to Pakistan’s attempts to target Indian military installations and civilian areas, the sources said.

The meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was attended by several lawmakers including TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, Congress’ Rajeev Shukla and Deepender Hooda, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and BJP’s Aparajita Sarangi and Arun Govil.

Earlier, India’s armed forces had denied reports of hitting nuclear facilities at Kirana hills using loitering and penetrating munitions.

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Director General of Air Operations, Air Marshal AK Bharti, had said during a press conference that Indian armed forces did not target the nuclear facility at Kirana Hills. “Thank you for telling us that Kirana Hills houses some nuclear installation. We did not know about it. And we have not hit Kirana Hills, whatever is there,” he said in response to a reporter's question.

Vikram Misri’s clarification of “no nuclear signaling” is significant as some Pakistani ministers and officials had repeatedly pointed to their nuclear arsenal as tensions rose before the four-day conflict.

Pakistan’s ambassador to Russia, Muhammad Khalid Jamali, had said in an interview that his country will use its “full spectrum of power, both conventional and nuclear” if attacked by India over the Pahalgam terror attack.

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