{"id":151513,"date":"2025-05-08T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=151513"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:19:40","slug":"india-doesnt-want-to-escalate-tensions-with-pakistan-but-promises-a-strong-response-in-case-of-an-attack-says-indias-foreign-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/politics\/151513\/","title":{"rendered":"India doesn\u2019t want to escalate tensions with Pakistan but promises a strong response in case of an attack, says India\u2019s Foreign Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

India does not intend to escalate the conflict with Pakistan but will respond firmly if Islamabad initiates a military attack, India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar stated.<\/p>\n

“Our goal is not to escalate the situation. However, if we face a military attack, there should be no doubt that a very, very strong response will follow,” he said during a joint Indian-Iranian commission meeting in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

Jaishankar recalled that on April 22, following a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which targeted civilians, India responded on May 7 by targeting cross-border terrorist infrastructure.<\/p>\n

“Our response was targeted and proportionate,” India’s foreign minister noted.<\/p>\n