The External Affairs Ministry has confirmed the ceasefire violation by Pakistan on Saturday night and said the armed forces have been given instruction to take strict action to deal with it.
Foreign secretary Vikram Misry in a video briefing said Pakistan should understand the situation properly and take appropriate action immediately to stop this intrusion.
"An understanding was reached this evening between the DGMOs of India and Pakistan to stop the military action that was going on for the last few days. For the last few hours, this understanding is being violated by Pakistan. The Indian Army is retaliating and dealing with this border intrusion. This intrusion is extremely condemnable and Pakistan is responsible for it,” he said.
Misry further stated that the armed forces are maintaining a strong vigil on the situation and have been given instructions to deal strongly with any instances of repetition of the violations of the borders.
India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire, reportedly brokered by the United States, on Saturday evening after days of military escalation triggered by a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed.
New Delhi alleged involvement of Pakistan-based terror groups in the attack and took a slew of diplomatic punitive measures against Islamabad before launching a military operation against the terrorist infrastructures in the neighbouring country in the wee hours of Wednesday.
India claimed to have neutralised scores of terrorists in the operation, named as Operation Sindoora, even as it brought the nuclear-armed neighbours to the brink of a war.
