SRINAGAR: Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan held talks on Monday, ANI reported.
The discussions, which were initially scheduled for noon, were later held in the evening.
The interaction followed an earlier understanding reached on Saturday to halt cross-border firing and military action.
Lt Gen Ghai, addressing a joint press conference on Sunday, said, “My communication with the Pak DGMO was conducted at 15:35 hrs yesterday (Saturday) and resulted in cessation of cross-border firing and air intrusions by either side with effect from 17:00 hrs, May 10, after he proposed that we cease hostilities. We also decided to further speak on May 12 at 12:00 hrs to discuss the modalities that would enable the longevity of this understanding.”
However, Lt Gen Ghai added that the ceasefire was violated within hours. “Disappointingly, expectedly, it took only a couple of hours for the Pakistan Army to violate these arrangements by cross-border and across the Line of Control (LoC) firing, followed by drone intrusions last night and in the early hours of today (Sunday). These violations were responded to robustly,” he said.
He confirmed that the violations were conveyed through a hotline message to the Pakistan DGMO. “India made its intent clear that it would respond to the same fiercely if repeated, for which the Chief of Army Staff has granted full authority to the Army Commanders,” he added.
India had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The operation was carried out in response to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed.
