New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): Jaishankar reacted to satellite pictures showing damage to Pakistan’s airbases.
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00:00At the start of the operation we had sent a message to Pakistan saying we are
00:04striking at terrorist infrastructure, we are not striking at the military, so the
00:09military has an option of standing out and not interfering in this process.
00:14They chose not to take that good advice. Satellite pictures which actually bring
00:19out very graphically how much damage we did. By the way the satellite pictures
00:24also bring out how little damage they did. These pictures I think will tell you
00:28what a hit they took and the same people who are not willing to stand down on
00:327th May were willing to talk and stand down on the 10th of May. It is very clear
00:39who wanted the cessation of firing. Only thing which remains to be discussed on
00:44Kashmir is the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory in Pakistan
00:51occupied Kashmir. We are open to discussing that with Pakistan. So I want you know to
00:58spell out our positions very clearly so that you know what is in your minds and
01:05what many of you have raised with me on various occasions. The government's
01:10position is very very clear. Thank you very much.
01:12No, look, ceasefire, I think one of you asked me inside about trade as well. So on the ceasefire, I mean what
01:23you call ceasefire, we call cessation of firing and military action. We achieved, you know, the goals which we set out to do by destroying the terrorist infrastructure in
01:37Bhawalpur, Muridke, Muzaffarabad and other places. So after that, I think since the key goals were achieved, I think we reasonably took the position that
01:52that because even at that start, at the start of the operation, we had sent a message to Pakistan saying we are
01:59striking at terrorist infrastructure. We are not striking at the military. So the
02:04military has an option of standing out and not interfering in this process. They
02:09chose not to take that good advice. Now, once they got hit as badly as they did on the
02:17morning of May 10th. And all of you have seen the, you know, today, the satellite pictures, which actually bring out very graphically how much damage we did. By the way, the satellite pictures also bring out how little damage they did.
02:34So these pictures, I think, will tell you what a hit they took. And the same people who are not willing to stand down on 7th May, were willing to talk and stand down on
02:46on the 10th of May. It is very clear who wanted the cessation of firing.