Delhi drums up

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday reached out to the global community to build opinion in support of its “precise operation” across the Line of Control and also to convey the message that crossborder terrorism continues to hurt the country.

Foreign secretary S Jaishankar launched the diplomatic offensive, briefing envoys posted in New Delhi about the “counter-terrorism” strike as well as the state of play in IndiaPakistan ties.

The briefing came within hours of the Indian Army’s announcement that it had crossed the LoC early on Thursday and inflicted heavy damage on seven “launchpads” militants were preparing to use to cross over into the country.

The raid across the LoC came 11 days after 18 soldiers were killed when suspected Pakistani suicide attackers struck an army camp in Uri in Kashmir.

Shankar, briefed envoys of 25 countries, including those from Russia, the US, China, UK France, Japan, Germany and Saudi Arabia, sources said.