In a calibrated diplomatic outreach following India’s precision military strikes on terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval briefed key global counterparts, assuring them that while New Delhi does not wish to escalate tensions, it stands fully prepared to retaliate if provoked.
Hours after Indian armed forces executed Operation Sindoor—a 25-minute coordinated strike that dismantled nine terror camps linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Hizbul Mujahideen—NSA Doval reached out to top security officials in the United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Japan, France, Russia, and China.
“NSA briefed his counterparts on actions taken and method of execution, which was measured, non-escalatory and restrained,” a senior government official said. “He emphasised that India had no intent to escalate but was well prepared to retaliate resolutely should Pakistan decide to escalate.”
Among those Doval personally briefed were US NSA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, UK NSA Jonathan Powell, Saudi Arabia’s Musaid Al Aiban, UAE’s H.H. Sheikh Tahnoon, and Japan’s Masataka Okano. Contact was also established with Russian NSA Sergei Shoigu, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Adviser to the French President.
Doval’s conversations come in the wake of a series of brutal terror attacks, the most recent being the April 22 massacre in Pahalgam, where 26 civilians lost their lives and dozens were injured. India has attributed the attacks to Pakistan-backed terror modules, many of which were housed in the nine camps destroyed during Operation Sindoor.
According to Indian defence officials, the strikes between 1:05 am and 1:30 am on Wednesday specifically targeted high-value terror infrastructure located in Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Bhimber, Sialkot, and Bahawalpur. These camps were being used for training, indoctrination, and launching of terrorists into Indian territory.
India has maintained that its military action was a "pre-emptive and retaliatory" strike under the country's right to self-defence and international counter-terrorism norms. “Our intention is peace, but not at the cost of Indian lives,” the official added.
