India briefs Heads of Missions of Arab countries about Islamabad's role in sponsoring terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed

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Feb 17, 2019

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India briefs Heads of Missions of Arab countries about Islamabad's role in sponsoring terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed

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India has briefed Heads of Missions of Arab countries about Islamabad's role in sponsoring terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed that orchestrated the Pulwama attack on Thursday.

Ambassadors of several Arab nations attended the Ministry of External Affairs briefing yesterday. The meeting comes a day after the MEA apprised around 25 Heads of Mission including representatives from South Korea, Sweden, Slovakia, France, Spain, Bhutan, Germany, Hungary, Italy, European Union, Canada, Britain, Russia, Israel, Australia, and Japan.

On Friday, India lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over Pulwama terror attack and its High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood was summoned by the Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale in connection with the attack.

According to sources, Gokhale issued a strong demarche in in connection with the terrorist attack in Pulwama and conveyed that Pakistan must take immediate and verifiable action against JeM.

The souces added that the Foreign Secretary also conveyed to Mahmood that Pakistan must immediately stop any groups or individuals associated with terrorism from operating from its territories.