ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief, Qamar Javed Bajwa, spoke on Friday with top military officials from the United States, Britain and Australia, Pakistan’s military spokesman said, amid a volatile standoff with nuclear-armed neighbour India.
Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet that Bajwa had discussed the standoff and “its impact on peace & stability in the region” in a call with US CENTCOM Commander General Joseph Votel, as well as with top British and Australian military figures.
Bajwa told them Pakistan would “surely respond to any aggression in self-defence”, according to the Twitter post. Ghafoor said Bajwa had also spoken by phone with the ambassadors of China, Britain, and the United States. — Reuters
