India Has Right to Defend Itself: Russia Backs Surgical Strikes

Russia was the only country to plainly say that Uri attackers came from Pakistan, the Russian envoy to India said.

Russian ambassador to India, Alexander M Kadakin. (Photo Courtesy: Embassy of The Russian Federation in the Republic of India)

Russian ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin said after the Uri attacks, the Russian Federation was the only country to plainly mention that the "bandits and terrorists came from Pakistan."

In a comment on Pakistan's constant clamour about the human rights abuses in Kashmir, Kadakin told CNN News 18 in an interview:

The greatest human rights violations take place when terrorists attack either military installations or attack peaceful population in Indian villages. That is the worst human rights abuse.

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Supporting India’s surgical strikes in the aftermath of Uri attacks that left 20 army men dead, he said, "Any country has right to defend itself from such trans-border terrorism."

Regarding Indian concerns of Russia's military exercises with Pakistan he said it was absolutely normal exercise as it happens between states, but it is in India’s favour since it was anti-terror exercise.

It is in the interest of India that Russia will teach Pakistan how not to use army for terrorism. The exercise was not held in any sensitive area like Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Read the full story on CNN News 18.