Incorrect: Asim Munir after India exposes China's hand during Op Sindoor
'Any attempt to target our population centres, military bases, economic hubs and ports will instantly invoke a deeply hurting and more than reciprocal response," Munir said, addressing graduating officers at the National Defence University in Islamabad.Munir claimed that in contrast to India's strategic behaviour resting on "parochial self-alignment", Pakistan has forged lasting partnerships based on principled diplomacy, anchored in mutual respect and peace, establishing itself to be a stabiliser in the region.'Naming other states as participants in the purely bilateral military conflagration is also a shoddy attempt at playing camp politics...," he said.His remarks came in response to the Indian Army's Deputy Chief Lt Gen Rahul R Singh, who stated that Beijing was active behind the scenes during India's four-day conflict with Pakistan.'If you were to look at statistics from the last five years, 81% of the military hardware that Pakistan gets is from China. In the conflict, China was able to test its weapons against other weapons, so it is like a live lab available to them,' Deputy Chief Singh said.The deputy army chief said that India was not only fighting Pakistan and China but also named Turkey."Pakistan was at the front. China was providing all possible support... Turkey also played an important role in providing the type of support it did," Lt General Singh said during his address at an event organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) in Delhi.- EndsInputs from PTI
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