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Shrinithi K
May 30, 2025, 12:32 PM | Updated 12:32 PM IST
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is currently leading an all-party Indian delegation in Colombia, expressed disappointment over Bogotá's expression of condolences for lives lost in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, saying there can be “no moral equivalence” between those who sponsor terror and those who defend their citizens.
“We were a little disappointed in the reaction of the Colombian government, which apparently expressed heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in Pakistan after the Indian strikes, rather than sympathising with the victims of terrorism,” Tharoor said, as reported by NDTV
The delegation is in Colombia as part of India’s global outreach mission following the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 civilians were killed.
India has since launched diplomatic and military measures to highlight Pakistan’s role in sponsoring terrorism, and to garner global support for its counter-terror posture.
Tharoor reiterated that India has concrete proof linking Pakistan-sponsored terror outfits to the Pahalgam attack.
“We are only exercising our right of self-defence… Just as Colombia has endured many terror attacks, so have we in India—for nearly four decades,” he said.
He also pointed out that China supplies 81 per cent of Pakistan’s military hardware, noting that much of this is not defensive in nature, and referenced the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as part of the broader strategic calculus.
The Indian delegation in Colombia is part of a larger effort involving seven multi-party delegations visiting 33 global capitals to reinforce India’s zero-tolerance message against terrorism after Operation Sindoor — a series of precision strikes launched on 7 May by Indian forces on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK in response to the Pahalgam massacre.
Following Pakistani retaliation attempts between 8 May and 10 May, both sides agreed to halt further military actions after talks between their Directors General of Military Operations.