Indian Army’s statement on reactivation of Balakot terror camp ‘completely baseless’: Pak
Team Udayavani, Sep 24, 2019, 1:23 PM IST
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday rejected as “completely baseless” the Indian Army Chief’s statement on the reactivation of terror camp in Balakot that was destroyed by the Indian armed forces through a surgical strike earlier this year.
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat in Chennai on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated the Balakot terror camp very recently and about 500 infiltrators were waiting to sneak into India.
The response to the terror camp getting functional again may go beyond India’s previous response by way of an airstrike in February, he told reporters here at the Officers Training Academy in the Tamil Nadu capital.
The Indian Army Chief’s statement on the reactivation of terror camp in Balakot is “completely baseless”, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
The allegation of “infiltration” from Pakistan reflects “a desperate attempt” of India to divert international attention from the “humanitarian crisis” in Jammu and Kashmir, it said, adding that New Delhi will not “succeed in misleading the world community through these diversionary tactics”.
Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after India on August 5 revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcated it into two union territories.
Reacting to India’s move on Kashmir, Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian High Commissioner.
Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue but India has asserted that the abrogation of Article 370 was its “internal matter” and asked Islamabad to accept the reality and stop its anti-India rhetoric.
Early this year, tensions flared up between India and Pakistan after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel in Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Amid mounting outrage, the Indian Air Force carried out a counter-terror operation, hitting the biggest JeM training camp in Balakot, deep inside Pakistan on February 26
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