Foreign Secretary Shringla meets ambassadors Post Nagrota Encounter

New Delhi, Nov 24: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla briefed ambassadors of various countries on Pakistani terrorists' plot to carry out attack in Jammu and Kashmir and the Nagrota encounter. The Secretary briefed a select group of Heads of Missions on the planned terrorist attack in Nagrota district in Jammu and the implications of the incident on security, diplomacy and the battle against terrorism.

 

The security forces eliminated the terrorists near Nagrota on Nov 19, based on the inputs of army intelligence. This is the first of several briefings to be conducted by the Ministry of External Affairs in small groups in view of Covid-19 situation as well. Other Secretaries will also be briefing Heads of Missions in their areas of jurisdiction.

 

The idea is to share information as widely as possible with the international community. The Heads of Missions were provided with a detailed information documentation, giving the details of the incident the way it occurred and also the list of items and ammunitions that were recovered from terrorists clearly tracing back to Pakistan.

 

It was shared that how preliminary investigations by the police and intelligence authorities, markings on the recovered AK47 rifles and other items lead us to believe that the terrorists belonged to Pakistan based Jaish-e- Mohammad. It was also pointed out how the incident of Nov 19 is part of Pakistan’s ongoing terror campaign in J&K and that in the year 2020 itself we have seen 200 incidents of terrorist violence and neutralization of around 199 terrorists.