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ChinaIndia does not wish to see further escalation of the situation and will continue to act with responsibility and restraint External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told China and Russia here on Wednesday after the country targeted terrorist training camp in Pakistan as she asked all nations to show zero tolerance to terrorismWATCH China External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj meets her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Wuzhen pictwittercomRDLfXz6cqVmdash ANI ANI February 27 2019Launching a scathing attack on Pakistan for the February 14 Pulwama terror attack at the Russia India and China RIC meeting here she defended Indias airstrikes on terrorist bases in Pakistan saying that it was preemptive action aimed at stopping further attacks by JaisheMuhammed JeMForty Central Reserve Police Force CRPF personnel were killed in a suicide attack by Pakistanbased JaisheMohammed JeM in Jammu and Kashmirs Pulwama district on February 14 sparking outrage in the countryFollowing the incident India on Tuesday bombed and destroyed JeMs biggest training camp in Balakot in Pakistans restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province about 80km from the Line of Control LoC early Tuesday killing a very large number of terrorists trainers and senior commandersThe recent dastardly terrorist attack on our security forces in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir is perpetrated by JaisheMuhammad a Pakistanbased and supported terrorist organisation proscribed by the UN and other countries We lost more than 40 personnel from CRPF Swaraj saidSuch dastardly terrorist attacks are grim reminder for all the countries to show zero tolerance to terrorism and take decisive action against them she said at the meeting attended by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei LavarovChina EAM Sushma Swaraj Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the 16th Foreign Ministers meeting of RussiaIndiaChina RIC in Wuzhen pictwittercomo12IEvg5Oemdash ANI ANI February 27 2019She said after the Pulwama terrorist attack Pakistan instead of taking seriously the call for the international community to act against the JeM and other terror groups denied any knowledge of the attack and out rightly dismissed claims by the JeMIn the light of continued refusal of Pakistan to acknowledge and act against terror groups on its territory and based on credible information that the JeM is planning other attacks in various parts of India Government of India has decided to take preemptive action she saidThe target was selected in order to avoid civilian casualties she saidShe said Indias action was not a military operation and the aim was to dismantle the terror infrastructure No military installations were targeted The limited objective of the preemptive strike was to act decisively against the terrorist infrastructure of the JeM in order to preempt another terrorist attack in India she said India does not wish see further escalation of the situation and India will continued to act with responsibility and restraint she saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis 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 whatsoever