India, May 9 -- India's key partners such as the US and the European Union (EU) on Thursday expressed solidarity over the Pahalgam terror attack and called for restraint and immediate de-escalation as external affairs minister S Jaishankar made it clear that any military attacks from Pakistan will be met with a "very, very firm response".

India has no intention to escalate the situation with Pakistan and was compelled to respond to the Pahalgam terror attack of April 22 by striking "cross-border terrorist infrastructure" on Wednesday, Jaishankar said in televised remarks at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi.

Jaishankar noted that Araghchi was visiting at a time when India is responding to a "particularly barbar...