Washington: In what can be seen as a clearest indication yet of US support for the cross-LoC surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army on terror camps last month, a senior Obama administration official has said that Washington empathised with New Delhi’s position of responding militarily to cross-border terrorism but called for exercising caution and restraint.
“I think every country has the right to self-defence but I will also highlight that in a heavy militarised relationship like that of India and Pakistan, a relationship that has experienced at least three wars in the past, and the forces along the LoC and the international border are on a high state of alert, there really is a need for caution and prudence on both sides,” Peter Lavoy, Senior Director for South Asia in the US National Security Council, said.
“So, we do understand the very serious concern and tension by the Indian government to this attack, to this horrific attack,” he said in response to a question at the launch of a report on “US-India Security Cooperation: Promise and Progress for the Next Administration” here on Wednesday.
