Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday informed the military chiefs and ambassadors of major western powers and China that Pakistan reserves the right to respond to any Indian aggression displayed against it as a matter of self-defence.
The army chief stated this during his separate phone conversations with the commander of the United States Central Command (Centcom), United Kingdom’s chief of defence staff (CDS), Australian chief of defence force (CDF) and the ambassadors to Pakistan of the US, UK and China.
“Pak shall surely respond to any aggression in self defence,” the army chief was quoted as telling the military chiefs and envoys by Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the head of the military’s media wing, on Twitter.
COAS had tel comm with Comd USCENTCOM, CDS UK, CDF Australia and Ambs of US, UK & China in Pak. Prevailing stand off between Pakistan & India & its impact on peace & stability in the region & beyond discussed. “Pak shall surely respond to any aggression in self defence”, COAS.
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) March 1, 2019
During the phone calls, Gen Bajwa and the defence chiefs and ambassadors discussed the prevailing stand-off between Pakistan and India and its impact on the “peace [and] stability in the region [and] beyond”, according to the tweet.