Forces responding effectively: Jaitley
25 Aug 2014 4:42 AM IST
Noting that ceasefire violations by Pakistan have increased, Indian defence minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said Indian security forces are responding effectively to protect the country’s interests.
‘This is a fact that of late, these ceasefire violations by Pakistan have increased. But let everybody be assured that both our Army and BSF, who are respectively guarding the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border, are fully vigilant.
They effectively respond to each violation and I have full faith and the country must have full faith that they are effectively protecting both our territory and national interest,’ the defence minister told reporters here. His comments come on a day when Pakistani troops indulged in heavy ‘unprovoked’ shelling and firing on 22 border outposts and 13 villages, killing two civilians and injuring six others including a BSF jawan along the border in Jammu sector.
‘This is a fact that of late, these ceasefire violations by Pakistan have increased. But let everybody be assured that both our Army and BSF, who are respectively guarding the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border, are fully vigilant.
They effectively respond to each violation and I have full faith and the country must have full faith that they are effectively protecting both our territory and national interest,’ the defence minister told reporters here. His comments come on a day when Pakistani troops indulged in heavy ‘unprovoked’ shelling and firing on 22 border outposts and 13 villages, killing two civilians and injuring six others including a BSF jawan along the border in Jammu sector.
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