Pakistan was informed of Operation Sindoor 30 minutes after strikes, says S Jaishankar

Pakistan was informed about Operation Sindoor 30 minutes after India struck terrorist camps, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told a parliamentary panel on Monday, reported The New Indian Express.

The statement came days after the Congress claimed that the minister had confessed to the Indian government informing Pakistan at the beginning of the military operation that came against the backdrop of the April 22 Pahalgam attack. Party leader Rahul Gandhi had said it was a crime to inform Pakistan at the start of India’s attack, and asked whether the Indian Air Force lost any aircraft as a result.

On May 15, Jaishankar told reporters that India had sent a message to Pakistan that it was targeting terrorist infrastructure, and not the Pakistani military, at the state of Operation Sindoor.

Speaking before the parliamentary panel on Monday, the minister reportedly said that the foreign secretary was informed of the operation, which was followed by a statement from the Press Information Bureau.

Subsequently, India’s director general of military operations notified his Pakistani counterpart about the strikes, The New Indian Express quoted Jaishankar as saying.

He also said that the decision to stop cross-border firings between India and Pakistan was taken bilaterally after a request from Islamabad. He underlined that only the directors general of military operations of the...

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