While visiting Germany, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar sent a stern message to Pakistan, stating that India "will never succumb to nuclear blackmail" and that it will only engage in bilateral relations with Islamabad.
"I arrived in Berlin right after India's response to the terror assault in Pahalgam. In reference to India's military response under Operation Sindoor, Jaishankar declared, "India has zero tolerance for terrorism."
"India will only engage in bilateral relations with Pakistan and will never yield to nuclear blackmail. Regarding that, there should be no misunderstanding anywhere," Jaishankar stated.
"We also value Germany's understanding that every nation has the right to defend its sovereignty and security," the minister said, acknowledging Germany's stance.
Jaishankar responded, "I believe you are misinformed," to the claim that the German government did not express support for India's Operation Sindoor. Actually, we started our operations on May 7th after having a chat about it.
The discourse was constructive and empathetic. To be honest, the German government had already shown solidarity before that. Germany's view that every country has the right to defend itself against terrorism was made extremely plain by the minister.
In response to the Pahalgam terror incident, India initiated Operation Sindoor, which entailed precise military operations against Pakistani military installations that facilitate cross-border infiltration as well as terror camps.
In order to strengthen diplomatic connections in the face of changing geopolitical concerns, Jaishankar is touring several European countries, including the Netherlands and Denmark.
He said a day earlier that India intends to put a "definitive end" to terrorism and that it will strike terrorists in Pakistan once more in retaliation for any further terror attacks.
According to him, all of the "most notorious" terrorists on the UN sanctions list are based in Pakistan and conduct their operations in the nation's major cities during the day.
"The government is engaged. "The Pakistani army is completely engrossed in it," he stated.
In light of US President Donald Trump's assertion that Washington was involved in mediating the truce, Jaishankar stated that the India-Pakistan agreement on the suspension of hostilities was reached after bilateral talks between the two countries.
Jaishankar made the comments in separate interviews with De Volkskrant and Dutch network NOS.
