New Delhi, May 8 -- Any further military action by Pakistan is nothing but escalation and will be responded to appropriately, foreign secretary Vikram Misri warned on Thursday, adding the choice to de-escalate "is with Pakistan".

Misri's grim warning came amid heightened tension and continuing shelling by Pakistan across the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Misri said the original escalation came with the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, and that India was responding in restrained manner.

"Our approach is not to escalate the situation, we only responded to the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack," he said.

"Any further action by Pakistan, some of w...