Tokyo, May 23 -- Aparajita Sarangi, BJP Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha and a leading member of the all-party delegation in Japan, underscored on Friday the urgency and gravity behind India's recent diplomatic mission.

This initiative follows the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, where 26 tourists - 25 Indian and one Nepali - were killed in an assault carried out by terrorists who, according to Indian authorities, came from Pakistan.

Sarangi explained the delegation's purpose in detail, stating, "It's a multi-party delegation to Japan sent by the Government of India with the sole purpose of soliciting the support of Japan and four more countries with regards to the war against terrorism which Pakistan has started, and ...