New Delhi, May 8 -- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on May 8 that any further action by Pakistan, is nothing but escalation and will be responded to and is being responded to appropriately. Misri repeated that original escalation was seen in Pahalgam, and that India is responding in restrained manner.

"Any further action by Pakistan, some of which we are seeing today, is nothing but escalation by Pakistan once again, and will be responded to and is being responded to appropriately," he said at a special press conference here on Thursday.

Misri reiterated that no Pakistani civilians were harmed in India's strike under Operation Sindoor and denied all claims by Pakistan related to civilian casualties.

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