New York: Meeting US leaders in the wake of the Pulwama suicide attack and the regional tensions arising from it, India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale has evoked Washington’s firm resolve to stand “shoulder-to-shoulder” with New Delhi in fighting terrorism. As they sought to advance India-US strategic partnership, terrorism was a focus of the talks he […]
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Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale (Left) with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo (Right)
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US stands with India on fighting terrorism, Mike Pompeo tells Vijay Gokhale
New York: The US stands with India in fighting terrorism, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale during their discussions on the “urgency” of Pakistan taking action against terror groups, according to an official. In the first high-level face-to-face India-US encounter after the February 14 Pulwama terror attack, Pompeo “affirmed […]
Tell global community reasons for IAF strikes: Parliamentary panel
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel on Friday suggested that the government tell the global community more extensively and emphatically the reasons behind India’s targeted attack on terror camps in Pakistan. The suggestion came here during a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs which was briefed by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale. Top officials […]
Indian Foreign Secretary’s statement on IAF action against JeM
New Delhi | Following is the statement by Foreign Secretary Vijay K. Gokhale on the IAF military strike on the JeM training camp at Balakot: On 14 February 2019, a suicide terror attack was conducted by a Pakistan-based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), leading to the martyrdom of 40 brave jawans of the CRPF. JeM has […]
IAF hits JeM’s biggest camp in Pakistan: India
New Delhi | Twenty days after a suicide bomber killed 40 CRPF troopers, India on early Tuesday struck the Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) biggest training camp at Balakote in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, killing a very large number of terrorists and their trainers. “In an intelligence led operation in the early hours of today, India struck the biggest training camp […]