Hotline message sent to Pak DGMO highlighting violation of May 10 understanding: Armed forces

Director General Military Operations DGMO Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai said the Indian Armed Forces on Sunday sent a hotline message to his Pakistani counterpart highlighting violation of the understanding reached between the two militaries a day ago and Indias firm and clear intent to respond to these fiercely and punitively if repeated laterHours after India and Pakistan reached the understanding on stopping military actions on May 10 New Delhi on Saturday accused Islamabad of breaching it In a late night media briefing on Saturday Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri called upon Pakistan to take appropriate steps to address these violations and deal with the situation with seriousness and responsibilityThe DGMO during the media briefing here said Through last night and in the early hours of the morning today these violations were responded to robustly and dealt with as they must be Lt Gen Ghai said the Indian Armed Forces have thus far exercised immense restraint and our actions have been focussed measured and nonescalatoryHowever any threat to the sovereignty territorial integrity and safety of our citizens will be met with decisive force he said We earlier today sent another hotline message to my counterpart highlighting these violations of the understanding between the DGMOs on the 10th of May and our firm and clear intent to respond to these fiercely and punitively if repeated tonight subsequently or later the DGMO saidHe also mentioned that earlier in the day Chief of Army Staff Gen Upendra Dwivedi conducted a security review and has granted full authority to our Army commanders for counteractions in the kinetic domain in case of of any violation by Pakistan India and Pakistan reached an understanding to stop all firings and military actions on land air and sea with immediate effect after four days of intense crossborder drone and missile strikes that brought the two countries teetering on the edge of fullscale warDirectors general of military operations DGMOs of India and Pakistan agreed on the understanding during a call on May 10 afternoon The foreign secretary on Saturday evening said instructions were given on both sides to implement the understanding and that the DGMOs of the two sides will talk again on May 12 at 1200 hours The DGMO during the media briefing on Sunday recalled his talk with his counterpart a day agoOn the 10th of May even as we were getting into a huddle to wargame the events of the previous night a routine exercise I received a message on hotline from my counterpart in Pakistan seeking my willingness to communicate Since our initial aim was to strike at terror camps and all our actions in subsequent days were in response to the intrusions and violations by the Pakistan Air Force and its Army it was decided that I would indeed speak with my counterpart he saidYou are already aware my communication with the Pakistan DGMO was conducted at 1535 hrs yesterday and resulted in cessation of crossborder firing and air intrusions by either side with effect from 1700 hrs May 10 after he proposed that we ceased hostilities Lt Gen Ghai said He then mentioned about the violation of the understanding within hours of it coming into effectWe also decided to further speak on the 12th of May tomorrow at 1200 hours to discuss the modalities that will enable the longevity of this understanding However disappointingly and must I add expectedly it took only a couple of hours for the Pakistan Army to violate these arrangements crossborder and across the Line of Control firing followed by drone intrusions across the expanse of the western front he saidLater in response to a question on whether Indian Armed Forces are anticipating what the Pakistan armed forcess strategy now would be Lt Gen Ghai said We are concerned about what we would do We have a roadmap and a plan and we will follow it diligently and we will follow it to a T During the question and answer session he also said it is amply clear that Pakistan Army has not crossed the international boundary neither in the plain sector nor the Line of Control So the intrusion have been in airThere have been certain attempts along the Line of Control when ceasefire violations have been on to try and infiltrate and carry out and perpetrate activities that we are well familiar with Whether these are by terrorists or by the Pakistan Army or its special forces and commandos is difficult to say but each of these have been effectively thwarted the DGMO said without mentioning any specific timelineThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params