Posted on 05/19/2002 10:32:22 AM PDT by Lessismore
New Delhi, May 19. (PTI): India tonight warned Pakistan of befitting retaliatory action if it violated the sanctity of the border even as it placed para-military forces along the international boundary and Line of Control under operational command of the Army and the coast guard under the Navy.
"Indian army shall conduct immediate retaliatory fire assaults every time any such incidents are committed by Pakistan along the LoC and International Border," External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh told reporters after more than two-hour meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Vajpayee.
Asked whether today's decision meant that India was preparing for war with Pakistan in the wake of continued cross-border terrorism, Singh said "you are reading what you have to read, I do what I have to do."
To a question whether any surgical strikes were being contemplated in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, he said "I do not discuss plans of the armed forces. I do not comment on the imaginative reporting in the media."
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