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India slams Pakistani daily for ‘concocting’ story on surgical strikes

NEW DELHI: India lashed out at a Pakistani daily for ‘concocting’ a story on Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar “admitting” that the recent surgical strikes by the Indian Army were a “bluff”.

India slams Pakistani daily for ‘concocting’ story on surgical strikes

The daily names Jaishankar as having briefed the German ambassadord



New Delhi, October 14

India on Friday lashed out at a Pakistani daily for ‘concocting’ a story on Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar “admitting” that the recent surgical strikes by the Indian Army were a “bluff” and asserted that the entire report was baseless.

“The News International Pakistan’s story titled ‘Indian FS admits surgical strike was a bluff’ is completely concocted and baseless,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in a series of tweets.

He said German Ambassador Dr Martin Ney was in the group of foreign envoys briefed by the Foreign Secretary on September 29 on the surgical strikes and that “they have had no further conversation since on this subject.”

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Meanwhile, a story has surfaced on a Pakistan publication ‘The News’ where the Indian foreign secretary in a recent meeting with German ambassador in New Delhi is said to have admitted that there was no “surgical strike” undertaken by the Indian Army.

Quoting an official source, the daily reported, “The Pakistani mission had been told that during a formal meeting on the issue of the ongoing India-Pakistan stand-off between German Ambassador to India Dr Martin Ney and Indian FS Subramaniam Jaishankar in New Delhi, “The Indian Foreign Secretary has categorically denied and said that there was no ‘surgical strike’ undertaken by Indian Army inside Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.” ANI

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