Goa, May 7 -- After the terrorist attack in India-occupied Kashmir, which took the lives of more than 25 tourists, it was expected that India would retaliate, and they did, as India destroyed terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The tensions between both countries are clearly at a low, and now many world leaders have responded with a mix of concern, calls for restraint, and support for India's right to self-defence.

The United States and the United Nations urged both India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint and avoid further escalation, emphasising the risks of conflict between two nuclear-armed nations. While Israel openly backed India's actions as legitimate self-defence against terrorism, countries like Chin...