Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the charge d’ affaires of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, hours after New Delhi lodged a strong protest over a Pakistani warship colliding with an Indian frontline warship in the Arabian Sea.
Islamabad claimed the incident took place in Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
In a statement on Wednesday, Pakistan said its navy was undertaking its biennial exercise SEASPARK-26, claiming that an Indian vessel had “carried out aggressive maneuvers in dangerously close proximity” of one of its naval ships. “The incident constituted a serious violation of international law and the bilateral agreement on Advance Notice on Military Exercises, Manoeuvres and Troop Movements, 1991, and risked escalating tensions in the region,” Pakistan’s ministry of foreign affairs said.
What did India’s ministry of external affairs say?
Following the incident, India’s ministry of external affairs said the incident, which took place in international waters, did not cause “any major damage”, but added that the “conduct of the Pakistani naval ship was in direct contravention of Article 10 of the Agreement between India and Pakistan on Advance Notice on Military Exercises, Manoeuvres and Troops Movements of April 1991”.
