India-Pakistan DGMO-level talks conclude

DGMO Ghai

Director Generals of Military Operations of India and Pakistan held talks today, news agency ANI reported citing sources. They said talks between the two DGMOs have been completed for today.

The DGMO-level talks between the two countries, which were initially slated to take place around noon on Monday, were later scheduled for the evening. The two countries reached an understanding on Saturday on the stoppage of firing and military action following a call made by the Pakistan DGMO to his Indian counterpart Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai.

"The DGMO-level talks have concluded. Further details are awaited and will be shared in due course," the Indian Army said.

Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Lt Gen Ghai said his Pakistan counterpart proposed during an interaction on Saturday that "we cease hostilities".

"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," Lt Gen Ghai said.

"However, 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 added.

Hours ahead of the DGMO talks, senior officials of the Indian military addressed a media briefing, highlighting various aspects of the Operation Sindoor.

"We have iterated that our fight was with terrorists and their support infrastructure (in Pakistan)," Director General of Air Operations Air Marshal AK Bharti said.

"However, it is a pity that the Pakistan military chose to intervene and bat for the terrorists, which compelled us to respond in kind," he said.

(with agency inputs)