New Delhi, May 16 -- Former Indian Ambassador to France Jawed Ashraf has said that a "massive story" that emerges in the Western media's coverage of the India-Pakistan hostilities is the manner in which they were targeting the French Rafale by putting out unverified stories about Pakistan downing the IAF's Rafale fighter jets.
In an interview to The Statesman, Ashraf, who oversaw the deliveries of Rafale fighter jets to India during his stint as Ambassador in France in 2023, said:
"The massive story that emanated frankly out of the Anglo-Saxon media on the number of how Pakistan air force routed the Indian Air Force, without actually waiting for the facts to come out.
"Remember, this is a narrative they have put out; and I have seen how ...