A video circulating on social media claiming that External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar confessed that Pakistan launched a massive attack on India is fake and AI-generated, PIB clarified on Thursday.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) strongly refuted after several Pakistani handles on the social media site X (formerly Twitter) misquoted Jaishankar's comments on India's reaction to the threat from Pakistan.

As per the latest Fact Check by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the viral video has taken the minister's words from a recent interview with an American media outlet out of context.

The false claim is that the United States reportedly warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a likely major Pakistani attack unless there were special conditions, which India "immediately accepted."

Pakistan-Based Accounts Spread Misinformation

A Pakistani handle, Mansoor Ahmed Qureshi, had made a false claim, "India's own FM admitted: 'On May 9, the US alerted PM Modi that Pakistan was to open a full-scale attack unless some conditions were met. India accepted straightaway. So who blinked first?'"

This statement has been posted more than 400 times on X, spreading misinformation about India's position on national security. Another Pakistani user posted a video of EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar claiming that Pakistan launched a massive attack on India, which was later withheld by PIB.

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What Jaishankar Actually Said

Rebutting the misinformation, the government explained that Dr Jaishankar's entire statement reflected India's strong stance. In a Newsweek interview, Jaishankar quoted that Prime Minister Modi told the US that if Pakistan launched an attack on India, there would be a strong response. He further mentioned that after India’s massive response, the next day, then-US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called to say that “the Pakistanis were ready to talk.”

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Describing the viral clip as misleading, the MEA asked people not to be deceived by AI-created fake videos and to use credible sources for fact-based information. "This is a misleading claim! This is only part of his entire statement," PIB Fact Check tweeted on X, further commenting that the clip has been doctored maliciously to create a false narrative against India's foreign policy.