ABU DHABI – India was planning a surgical strike against Pakistan days soonafter Dehli-backed campaign against Islamabad was exposed, Foreign MinisterShah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday.
Addressing a press conference in Abu Dhabi after holding important meetingwith UAE authorities, Qureshi said that he received information throughintelligence agencies that India was planning to launch a surgical strikeagainst Pakistan and was busy in fanning a new wave of terrorism.
The FM said that the situation was very sensitive and that Pakistan wasfully aware about all Indian conspiracies.
“Pakistan is fully prepared to respond and defeat their designs. We will doit effectively, as we did respond immediately and effectively in February2019,” he said.
FM Qureshi warned India that Pakistan — if the nuclear neighbour does notmove away from this path and their desire to do this misadventure — wouldrespond effectively this time as well.
Urging the global community to play its part and not test Pakistan’sresolve, he said that India’s misadventure will undermine the region’speace and stability and will have catastrophic consequences.
“I warn my eastern neighbour that we are aware of their mindset and we areaware of their design,” the foreign minister noted.
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India was planning such misadventure just to divert attention from seriousissues, he continued, as the situation inside India deteriorated further asthe protests were being staged by farmers.
“India mishandled Coronavirus which is known to everyone and impact that itis having on their economy is known to all of you,” said the FM.
Qureshi said the farmers’ protests are intensifying across India asopposition parties, civil societies and trade union also joined themagainst the Modi government.
“What Modi government has done to the minorities is known to everyone,” hesaid.
