Pakistan's actions to make relations more tense: Jaitley on LoC violations

Says Indian armed forces were responding to provocations from across the border

Responding to the ceasefire violations by Pakistan, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Indian armed forces were "fully ready" and were responding to provocations from across the border.

 

He said that Pakistan should realise these acts are not going to help normalise relations between the two countries.

 

The minister said Pakistan has been trying to create tension along the International Border and Line of Control (LoC).

 

"This is resulting in a series of ceasefire violations as a result of which innocent civilians have lost their lives. Pakistan must realise that the kind of environment it is generating between the two countries is certainly not going to help in normalising relations. The onus of creating a positive environment is on Pakistan, which is utterly failing to do.

 

"Let everybody be assured that our armed forces and para-military forces are fully ready and they are responding to each of these provocations from Pakistan," Jaitley said.

 

In one of the worstt ceasefire violations by Pakistan, five villagers were killed and 29 people injured today in heavy mortar shelling and firing from across the international border and LoC in Jammu and Poonch sectors.