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China launched a disinformation campaign targeting Rafale fighter jets, aiming to damage their global reputation after India's use of the jets in May's Operation Sindoor against Pakistan, according to French military and intelligence sources cited by the Associated Press. Chinese embassies allegedly tried to dissuade countries from purchasing the French aircraft.
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30 minutes ago
- NDTV
Pak Army Chief Dismisses Claims Of Support From China During Op Sindoor
Islamabad: Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir on Monday criticised India for suggesting that Islamabad received external support during the four-day conflict, saying such assertions are "factually incorrect". In an address to the graduating officers at the National Defence University Islamabad, Munir reiterated that any misadventure or attempt to undermine Pakistan's sovereignty will be met with a swift, and resolute response without any constraints or inhibitions. "Insinuations regarding external support in Pakistan's successful Operation Bunyanum Marsoos are irresponsible and factually incorrect and reflect a chronic reluctance to acknowledge indigenous capability and institutional resilience developed over decades of strategic prudence,' he said. 'Naming other states as participants in the purely bilateral military conflagration is also a shoddy attempt at playing camp politics...," he said. His comments came days after Indian Army's Deputy Chief Lt Gen Rahul R Singh suggested that Beijing provided active military support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor using the conflict as a 'live lab' to test various weapon systems. Addressing a seminar in Delhi last week, Gen. Singh said while Pakistan was the "front face", with China extending all possible support to its all-weather ally, Turkiye was also playing a major role by supplying military hardware to Islamabad, adding that India was actually dealing with at least three adversaries during the May 7-10 conflict. 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 stabilizer in the region. '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. He added that wars are not won through media rhetoric, imported fancy hardware, or political sloganeering, but through faith, professional competence, operational clarity, institutional strength and national resolve. India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terrorist infrastructure in territories controlled by Pakistan in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. The strikes triggered four days of intense clashes that ended with an understanding on stopping the military actions on May 10. New Delhi has been maintaining that India's fierce counterattack that day forced Pakistan to plead for ending the hostilities. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Hindustan Times
32 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
'Stopped it over trade': Trump again claims he brokered India-Pak ceasefire
US President Donald Trump has repeated his claim that he brokered a truce between India and Pakistan, a charge denied by the Indian government time and again. During a press briefing at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said he "stopped a lot of fights", naming the India-Pakistan conflict as one of them. US President Donald Trump again claims to have stopped the India-Pak conflict(AFP) He also reiterated that the conflict was stopped "over trade", another claim India has rejected in the past. "We stopped a lot of fights... I think a very big one frankly... India and Pakistan and we stopped that over trade. We are dealing with India; we are dealing with Pakistan," Trump said. The Republican also claimed that the India-Pak conflict was at a nuclear stage, something he had said in May as well, days after the truce was reached. "We said we are not going to dealing with you at all if you are going to fight, and they were... may be at a nuclear stage... they are both nuclear powers," Trump said in his latest remarks on the issue. Back in May, India had categorically denied there being any trade link to the cessation of hostilities, and also said that the military action under Operation Sindoor was 'entirely in the conventional domain'. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated significantly following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed 26 lives. A fortnight later, India launched 'Operation Sindoor', a military move targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Even as India maintained that the original escalation of tensions was the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan launched what it termed retaliatory strikes targeting Indian air bases, following which the Indian Air Force airstrikes crippled key Pakistani airbases. On May 10, Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, a claim he has repeated time and again, and one that India has always rejected. The government maintains that a truce was reached through bilateral talks between DGMOs of India and Pakistan. 'We have a longstanding national position that any issues pertaining to the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally. That stated policy has not changed. As you are aware, the outstanding matter is the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan," the Ministry of External Affairs had said. Most recently, EAM S Jaishankar also clarified that the truce between India and Pakistan was not linked to any trade talk.
Time of India
42 minutes ago
- Time of India
China warns Trump on tariffs, threatens retaliation on supply chain deals
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel China warned the Trump administration on Tuesday against reigniting trade tension by restoring tariffs on its goods next month, and threatened to retaliate against nations that strike deals with the United States to cut China out of supply and Beijing agreed to a trade framework in June that restored a fragile truce, but with many details still unclear, traders and investors on both sides of the Pacific are watching to see if it will unravel or lead to a lasting Monday, President Donald Trump began notifying trade partners of sharply higher U.S. tariffs from August 1, after he delayed all but 10% of his April duties on most countries to give them time to strike deals with the world's largest initially singled out with tariffs exceeding 100%, has until August 12 to reach an agreement with the White House to keep Trump from reinstating additional import curbs imposed during tit-for-tat tariff exchanges in April and May."One conclusion is abundantly clear: dialogue and cooperation are the only correct path," the official People's Daily said in a commentary, referring to the exchanges in the current round of China-U.S. trade article was signed "Zhong Sheng", or "Voice of China", a term the paper uses to express views on foreign Beijing's view that Trump's tariffs amount to "bullying", the paper added, "Practice has proven that only by firmly upholding principled positions can one truly safeguard one's legitimate rights and interests."The remarks set the stage for another round of tariff war should Trump stick to what the ruling Communist Party's official daily said was "a so-called 'final deadline.'"The average U.S. tariff on Chinese exports now stands at 51.1%, while the average Chinese duty on U.S. goods is 32.6%, with both sides covering all their trade, the Peterson Institute for International Economics paper also took a swipe at regional economies that are considering striking tariff reduction deals with the United States that cut China out of their supply week, Vietnam secured a tariff reduction to 20% from 46% with a deal for goods "transshipped" through it, typically originating from China, to be subjected to a levy of 40%."China firmly opposes any side striking a deal that sacrifices Chinese interests in exchange for tariff concessions," the paper said."If such a situation arises, China will not accept it and will respond resolutely to protect its legitimate interests."
