00:00India, right from the beginning, stated very clearly it has no desire to escalate.
00:07All India was doing was striking against the terror camps.
00:11It had no desire to go for a limited, medium-term or long-term war with Pakistan.
00:18That is not what the Indian state has said consistently.
00:22And this goes back decades, but even the last three times.
00:26So all India wanted to do was send a message to the terror infrastructure and those who support those terror groups,
00:34that India will respond if there is a terror attack inside India.
00:39So India had no desire to escalate.
00:42So if a country like the United States with whom India has a very good relationship, strong strategic partnership,
00:48is able to convince Pakistan not to escalate and not to strike back sort of, you know, against India,
00:57then India would be fine with that.
00:59The challenge where sort of the way, the part where India sort of, you know,
01:05does not sort of, you know, has a different view from the United States
01:10is that, as I mentioned earlier, India does not accept mediation.
01:15So if India wants, if India seeks to resume talks with Pakistan,
01:21it will be on India offering talks to Pakistan.
01:25That happened in the past.
01:26Right till 2015 was the last time, I believe, Prime Minister Modi met,
01:30then Prime Minister Nawaz Shari.
01:32So there have been talks between India and Pakistan.
01:35I believe in 2019 was maybe the last time the two countries actually had conversations.
01:40But India would be fine with having a conversation with Pakistan, but on India's terms,
01:45not on those, you know, sort of forced on India by an external mediator.
01:50So all India is saying is that we never want an escalation.
01:55The Pakistani side has called and wants a ceasefire.
01:59We are fine with that.
02:00But any talks between Pakistan will be based on what India will put on the agenda.
02:08It will not be some other country or organisation putting that on the agenda.
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