TIL Desk/National/Jammu/ The suspension of combat operations in Jammu and Kashmir can be extended further if the atmosphere of peace continues in the state, but any action by terrorists would trigger a rethink immediately, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday. Rawat also said Pakistan should stop sending terrorists into the state if it was interested in peace.
“If Pakistan really wants peace, then we will want them to take the first step by stopping infiltration of terrorists into our side. The ceasefire violation mostly takes place to aid infiltration,” Gen Rawat told reporters at a function in Pahalgam, 95 km from Srinagar.
The army chief said India wants peace along the borders but Pakistan was continuously violating the ceasefire, which caused loss of life and property. “When such an action takes place, we also have to respond. We cannot sit idle. If there is ceasefire violation, then there will be action from our side,” he said. Gen Rawat said for peace, it was imperative that cross-border terrorism comes to an end.
“It is imperative to stop terrorism from across (the LoC), the camps which are there where training is given to them, from where the ammunition is infiltrated into J-K and India, that should stop. If that happens, then I can assure you that peace will prevail on the borders,” he added.
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