Naval Collision: Pakistan Summons Indian Envoy, MEA Highlights 1991 Pact Violation

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Pakistan has summoned India's envoy in Islamabad to lodge a protest following a collision between Indian and Pakistani naval vessels. Pakistan claimed an Indian warship engaged in aggressive maneuvers during its biennial naval exercise Sea Spark 26, leading to contact between the ships. In response, India's Ministry of External Affairs highlighted that the Pakistani vessel failed to adhere to the 1991 bilateral agreement and did not observe professional conduct. The Pakistani ship sustained severe damages and was forced to return to harbor for repairs, while the Indian vessel continued its operational mission.

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00:00More breaking news coming in. Cornered over the naval collision, Pakistan is now crying foul.

00:05Now, it's in another copycat gesture. Pakistan has summoned India's envoy in Islamabad and has

00:10lodged a protest, claiming that it was the Indian naval warship which created the transgression

00:16by colliding with the Pakistan vessel here. Pakistan says that while the Pakistan Navy

00:20was undertaking its biennial exercise, C-SPARC-26, the Indian vessel carried out aggressive

00:26maneuvers in dangerously close proximity of the Pakistan naval vessel, resulting in contact

00:31between the two ships. And then I'm continuing to read Pakistan's statement here. It has urged

00:35the international community once again, once again escalating an issue which is between

00:40two nations, to call upon India to abandon its posture. Let me go across to my colleague

00:44Shivani for more details. Shivani, typical Pakistan trademarks coming in. Number one, doing copycat

00:50gestures, reciprocating what India does. And second, once again, taking things to the international

00:55forum for every bilateral issue.

00:58See, Sancho, this is the incident which had taken place today and now Pakistan is giving

01:05out a similar statement on similar lines which India had given, the objection which India had

01:12raised, the shadi affairs of Pakistan was summoned by India and the MEA had given out a statement

01:19in the day. Similar statement has now come in from Pakistan that seems that this is a copycat act by

01:28Pakistan as it has been doing in the past also. A similar statement. But one thing which is important to

01:33mention out here that after this incident, the Pakistani ship has faced severe damages. It had to go to the

01:41harbour for repairs while the Indian ship has been carrying out its mission. And it was Pakistan which did not

01:48adhere to the agreement that was met in 1991. It did not follow the rules. It did not behave in

01:57a professional manner. And that's what has been highlighted by the India's MEA. Now this statement coming in from Pakistan

02:04totally shows that Pakistan is saving its face and it is trying to deviate onto whatever

02:11whatever it has done in this whole incident.

02:14All right Shani, thanks a lot for joining us with those details.

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