The chiefs of Army and Air Force had an elaborate meeting on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence. The meeting assumes importance in the aftermath of the terror attack in an army base in Uri that claimed the lives of 18 soldiers.

The meeting was held to apprise the PM of the security preparedness of the armed forces in the event of an emergency. The meeting was attended by Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Air Chief Marshall Arup Raha, and Vice-Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

On Friday, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Home Minister Rajnath Singh had also met the PM to review the measures to be taken in order to bring the perpetrators to book. Both ministers individually have held a series of meetings on this issue.

Earlier this week, Parrikar had said India is a “responsible” country but if required it can have a “knee-jerk reaction” on the matter. He also said those who are involved in the attacks will not go unpunished.

Meanwhile, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin said the international community is increasingly talking of terror threat emanating from Pakistan, contrary to what was claimed by their Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif earlier.

“The resonance of India being a victim of terrorism, India tackling terrorism diligently has gone way beyond distance. If 131 nations have spoken in the General Debate so far, 130 have not referred to the primary issue that Pakistan has raised. So what does that mean?” Akbaruddin said.

India has alleged that it was Pakistan-based militants that have executed the attacks in Uri. It has blamed the terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) for the attacks.

In the meantime, Sharif has said the incident that occurred in Uri could be a “reaction” to the unrest in Kashmir and that India’s blame with “without any evidence.”

“The Uri attack can be the reaction of the atrocities in Kashmir, as the close relatives and near and dear ones of those killed and blinded over the last two months were hurt and outraged," Sharif told the media on Friday in London on his way back from New York where he attended the UN General Assembly.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has already registered a case to probe the Uri attacks.

India has also informed Pakistan that if it is willing to cooperate in the probe, then it will share all the evidences and DNA samples gathered from the slain terrorists with them.

Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar has told Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit that there have been continuous attempts by armed terrorists to cross the LoC and International Boundary in order to carry out attacks in India.

India is already mulling a kind of diplomatic isolation of Pakistan. All eyes are now on the address to be made by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at the UNGA on Monday.

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