Kargil, July 26 -- Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday addressed the Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations at the Dras town in Ladakh, where he highlighted India's "unbreakable unity", which was showcased during Operation Vijay in 1999 and also during Operation Sindoor 26 years later.

"Keeping up with the tradition of unbreakable Indian unity, the army carried out precision strikes on the terror infrastructure under Operation Sindoor and attained a decisive victory, effectively retaliating and knocking down Pakistan's violent attacks, and attained victory," the COAS said while addressing the crowd at the celebrations.

"We gave a chance for peace, but they (Pakistan) acted out of cowardice, to which we answered with courage...