Uri terror attack: Pak High Commissioner summoned by MEA

September 21, 2016 19:16

Following a meeting with the Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit, the aftermath of the Uri terror attack.

"We demand that Pakistan lives up to its public commitment of not allowing terror against India," Vikas Swarup MEA on Pakistan envoy summoned.

"Uri attack shows that terror machinery in Pakistan is still thriving," Vikas Swarup MEA.

"We have recovered a number of items like Pak mark grenades, communication equipment and food and medicines made in Pakistan," Swarup added.

"The foreign secretary told the Pak high commissioner that even now two encounters between terrorists and Indian army are underway at the border," Swarup stated.

"This year beginning with Pathankot airbase attack there have been continuous attempts by terrorists to cross LOC&international borders," he added.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar spoke with Basit about the Uri terror attack which claimed the lives of 18 soldiers.

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