New Delhi:

Iran’s missile assault on Pakistan is a matter that issues solely these two nations, India mentioned as we speak. The overseas ministry, nevertheless, added that New Delhi has “zero tolerance for terrorism” and understands “actions that countries take in their self defense”.

“This is a matter between Iran and Pakistan. Insofar as India is concerned, we have an uncompromising zero tolerance towards terrorism. We understand actions that countries take in their self defense,” overseas ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned in response to media queries.

Yesterday, Iran mentioned it has dismantled two bases of Sunni Balochi terror group Jaish al Adl — which means Army of Justice — in Pakistan with drones and missiles. The group had earlier attacked Iranian safety forces within the border space with Pakistan. On December 15, 11 cops have been killed when Jaish al-Adl operatives attacked one other police station.

“We only targeted the Iranian terrorist group on the soil of Pakistan. We respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan, but we don’t allow national security to be compromised or played with,” mentioned Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who’s at Davos attending the annual meet of the World Economic Forum.

Pakistan mentioned two youngsters have been killed within the missile strikes and warned that the incident was “completely unacceptable” and will have “serious consequences”. Islamabad lodged a robust protest with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran. It additionally recalled its ambassador to Iran and suspended all deliberate high-level bilateral visits.

In a press release, Pakistan mentioned it strongly condemned “this blatant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and that the responsibility for the consequences will lie squarely with Iran”.

Today, Pakistan overseas minister Jalil Abbas Jilani mentioned terrorism is a “common threat” to the area and required coordinated efforts to fight it. “Unilateral actions could seriously undermine regional peace and stability,” the Pakistan overseas ministry mentioned.

The assault got here a day after Iran’s missile strikes in Iraq and Syria in opposition to what it referred to as “anti-Iranian terrorist groups”.