New Delhi, July 3 -- Operation Sindoor sent a clear message to the world that India will take firm action against those behind terrorist attacks, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. He added that Operation Sindoor was in line with the UN Security Council's stance on holding perpetrators of Pahalgam terror attacks accountable.

Addressing a press conference in Washington, Jaishankar said, "What is important for us in the Quad statement, as also the statement which the Security Council had issued on April 25, is that the perpetrators of terrorism must be held accountable. They must be brought to justice."

"And that's important because we then have to communicate to the world that what we did. on May 7, the objective o...