India briefs diplomats on cross-border linkages to Pahalgam terror attack

G20 members like the US, France, the UK, China, Russia, and Germany and strategic partners like the UAE, Qatar, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia and Oman attended the briefing

Updated on: Apr 24, 2025, 20:00:54 IST

By Rezaul H Laskar

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New Delhi: India’s foreign ministry on Thursday briefed senior diplomats of most of the G20 countries and several strategic partners across the world on the cross-border linkages to the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, people familiar with the matter said.

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri informed the diplomats about the attack on tourists and India’s policy of “zero tolerance” for terrorism, the people said on condition of anonymity (MEA)

The briefing was done by foreign secretary Vikram Misri, who informed the diplomats about the attack on tourists and India’s policy of “zero tolerance” for terrorism, the people said on condition of anonymity.

Diplomats of G20 member states such as the US, France, the UK, China, Russia, and Germany and strategic partners such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia and Oman attended the briefing, held a day after India announced a raft of punitive measures against Pakistan, including suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, shutting of the Attari land border crossing and expulsion of Pakistani military attaches.

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A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided on the punitive measures because of cross-border links to the terror attack.

Amid nationwide outrage over the attack claimed by The Resistance Front, a proxy for Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, Modi on Thursday said India will pursue the perpetrators of the attack “to the ends of the earth”.

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Addressing a rally in Bihar, Modi said, “Today, from the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers.”

“We will pursue them to the ends of the earth. India’s spirit will never be broken by terrorism. Terrorism will not go unpunished,” Modi added.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rezaul H Laskar
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.Read More

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