New Delhi, May 8 -- :External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Wednesday spoke with the foreign ministers of Japan, Qatar, Spain, France and Germany, discussing India's strikes on Pakistan-based terror camps earlier in the day.

EAM Jaishankar's conversation with Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi lasted for approximately 15 minutes during which he appreciated Japan's strong condemnation of the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 innocent civilians were gunned down by four terrorists, two of them belonging to Pakistan.

"Iwaya extended his sincere condolences to the victims of the terrorist attack in Kashmir and expressed his deepest sympathy to those who were injured in the attack," the Japanese Foreign Ministry s...