NEW DELHI – The Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has claimed isolatingPakistan at international level with support of US.
He however forgot Pakistan’s strengthening strategic ties and relationshipswith Russia, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, besides emergingstrategic ties with European Union and other Islamic nations.
The Army chief said that India and the Indian Army would not be scared byany threat from Pakistan.
Asked to comment on Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s tweet expressing”disappointment” on India’s decision to cancel a meeting of foreignministers, the Army chief said talks and terrorism cannot go hand in handand Pakistan needed to curb the menace of terrorism.
The USA, that once used to be close to Pakistan, is now dominating onPakistan and our government has been successful to a large extent inisolating Pakistan at an international level, Rawat claimed.
He said the government was fully supporting the force which also had theliberty to carry out their actions.
“And you can see its result in Kashmir and the northeast,” he said.
However, he said action was needed against radicalisation and social mediacampaigns which, he suggested, were being run from outside.
When questioned about delays in the weapons procurement process, he saidmodern equipment and weapons were the need of the hour but delay inprocurement did not mean that the forces could not function normally.
However, he said delay in procurement was not good.
The Army chief also said that consideration on incorporating robotechnology in the forces was underway.
He added that strategic issues, planning and other aspects would bediscussed in the upcoming Combined Commanders’ Conference which is going tobe held at the Jodhpur Air Force station later this month.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the conference where thebrass of Army, Navy and the Air Force would be present. The Army chief wasin Jaipur to review the Haifa Day Mounted Parade at the 61 Cavalry groundhere.
Haifa Day is celebrated every year to commemorate the liberation of Israelicity Haifa from the occupation of the Turks by the British Indian Armysoldiers, led by Major Dalpat Singh, on September 23, 1918.