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Following a truce to halt hostilities along the Line of Control (LoC) and the international border, top military officials from India and Pakistan issued strong warnings about the repercussions of any further escalation. India’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, and Pakistan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, addressed the ongoing tensions during their speeches at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

Both officials spoke at length about the confrontation between the two countries and exchanged pointed warnings regarding potential future conflict.

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Divulging the details of Operation Sindoor, CDS Singh said the onus of ceasefire was on Pakistan and India had drawn a ‘new red line’ over terrorism. He said the military operation should bring about some lessons to Pakistan.

“What India has done, politically, they have drawn a new red line of intolerance against terror. I hope this particular operation, it is basically lying in military domain, that should bring about some lessons for our adversary also, and hopefully they learn that this is a limit of India's tolerance,” he said.

“We have been subjected to this proxy war of terror for almost two decades and more, and we lost lot of people...we want to put an end to it,” he added.

On the other hand, Pakistan's General Sahir Shamshad Mirza said the focus should be on the resolution of the conflict, as not doing so could lead to a serious escalation. He also raked up the Kashmir issue, seeking the intervention of the international community.

“Given the Indian policies... the absence of a crisis management mechanism may not give enough time to the global powers to intervene and affect cessation of hostilities. They will probably be too late to avoid damage and destruction,” he said at a panel discussion titled “Regional Crisis-Management Mechanisms”.

“When there is no crisis, Kashmir is never discussed, and as we always say that it is the Kashmir dispute resolution in line with the aspirations of the people of Kashmir and in line with the UNSC resolutions that will address many issues. The core that resides between Pakistan and India is Kashmir,” General Mirza added.

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He also said the threshold of strategic stability had been lowered to “dangerous levels” after the recent faceoff between the armed forces of India and Pakistan.