Introspect on reputational cost of aiding terror exporter Pakistan, India tells China | India News
New Delhi: Amid reports that China has provided technical assistance to Pakistan in India’s post-Indus conflict last year, the government has urged China to introspect on the potentially honorable cost of supporting a terrorist infrastructure. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the reports only confirmed what was already known.“Operation Sindoor The terrorist attack in Pahalgam was a specific, targeted and calibrated response, aimed at destroying the state-sponsored terrorist infrastructure operating outside Pakistan and at its behest,” said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, responding to questions at a media briefing about China’s support for Pakistan.“It is for countries that consider themselves responsible to reflect on whether supporting efforts to protect terrorist infrastructure affects their reputation and standing,” the MEA spokesperson added.Reports from Beijing said last week that China had confirmed that it had provided on-site technical assistance to Pakistan during the clash with India in May last year. The confirmation was based on an interview broadcast by China’s state broadcaster CCTV, with an engineer at the Aviation Industry Corporation of China’s Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute, a key developer of China’s advanced fighter aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle designs.Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported that Zhang provided technical assistance to Pakistan during the four-day war last May, citing CCTV. The Pakistan Air Force operates a fleet of Chinese-made J-10CE jets, which are produced by an Aviation Industry Corporation of China subsidiary.
