Berlin/New Delhi, May 26 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has stated that at no stage was a nuclear level reached, during the military stand-off between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
In an interview with the German newspaper FAZ, the EAM also said that the Indian military action was to be thanked for the ceasefire with Pakistan.
Asked how far the world was from a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan, he said:
"Very, very far away. I'm frankly astonished by your question. We have terrorist targets. Those were very measured, carefully considered and non-escalating steps.
"After that, the Pakistani military opened fire on us."
He said that India was able to show Pakistan that it can disable their air defen...