Addressing a press conference, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed key details about Operation Sindoor. The strike was launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22nd that killed 26 tourists. Foreign Secretary stated that attack in Pahalgam was clearly driven by the objective of undermining the normalcy returning to Jammu and Kashmir. It was specifically designed to impact the mainstay of the economy, tourism, with a record 23 million tourists visiting the valley last year, he added.

Continuing further, Misri said: “The manner of the attack was also driven by an objective of provoking communal discord, both in Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the Nation. It is to the credit of the government and the people of India that these designs were foiled.”

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