Reaction of other countries on india's revenge of pulwama
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Pulwama terror attack
- On 14 February 2019, a convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethpora in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The attack resulted in the deaths of 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and the attacker.
- The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed.
- The attacker was Adil Ahmad Dar, a local from Pulwama district, and a member of Jaish-e-Mohammed.
- India has blamed Pakistan for the attack. Pakistan condemned the attack and denied any connection to it.
Balakot attack - Ind revenge
- The 2019 Balakot airstrike was conducted by India in the early morning hours of February 26 when Indian warplanes crossed the de facto border in the disputed region of Kashmir, and dropped bombs in the vicinity of the town of Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
Reactions to the revenge attack
- Foreign diplomats from the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Australia, Indonesia, Turkey, China and six ASEAN nations were briefed by Indian foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale on the strike conducted.
- China's foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang stated "We hope that both India and Pakistan can exercise restraint and adopt actions that will help stabilize the situation in the region and improve mutual relations".
- France asked both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, saying that it supported Indian actions against terrorism and asked Pakistan to stop allowing its territory to be used by terrorists.
- The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemned the airstrike and called on both India and Pakistan to show restraint.
- United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo termed the attack as a "counter-terrorism action" and reaffirmed US-India ties. He asked both sides to show restraint.
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