Pakistan To Respond to India Troop Movements

29/05/2001| IslamWeb

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Friday threatened to respond to big Indian troop movements along the border but said it would not retaliate against its nuclear rival's decision to recall its ambassador in Islamabad.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement it would take ``appropriate counter measures'' to the Indian troop movements as tension between the two neighbors rose after last week's suicide attack on India's parliament building.
New Delhi blamed two Pakistan-based militant groups for the December 13 attack in which 14 people were killed.
A ministry spokesman expressed ``deep concern over reports of massive troop movements by India'' along the border in the Sindh-Rajasthan Sector, in the Chenab-Ravi corridor and on the military Line of Control dividing the disputed Kashmir region.
But India said its troop movements were a precautionary measure and a reaction to what it said was a large mobilization of armed forces by Islamabad.