Dy Army Chief: China, Turkiye backed Pakistan in recent India conflict

China used Pakistan to cause pain to India and it was providing all possible support to its allweather ally during the fourday conflict between Indian and Pakistani militaries in May Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Rahul R Singh said on FridayIn an address at industry chamber FICCI the senior official said China also used the IndiaPakistan conflict like a ldquolive labrdquo available to test various weapon systemsIndia was actually dealing with three adversaries he said suggesting that besides Pakistan and China Turkiye was also playing a major role in supplying military hardware to IslamabadThe Deputy Chief of Army Staff who looks after the Indian Armyrsquos capability development and sustenance vertical said Beijingrsquos support to Islamabad was not surprising as 81 per cent of the military hardware of the Pakistani armed forces are from ChinaldquoThey China would rather use the neighbour to cause pain to India than getting involved in a mudslinging match on the northern borderrdquo Lt General Singh saidldquoPakistan was the front face We had China providing all possible support And there was no surprise because if you look at the statistics in the last five years 81 per cent of the military hardware that Pakistan is getting is all Chineserdquo he saidLt General Singh said Turkiye also played an important role in providing support to Pakistan ldquoWe saw numerous drones coming and landing in the face of war during the war along with the individuals who were thererdquoThe Dy COAS said the ldquostrategic messagingrdquo by the Indian leadership was unambiguous adding that the planning and selection of targets in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir was based on a lot of dataIndia launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 targeting terrorist infrastructure in territories controlled by Pakistan in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attackThe strikes triggered four days of intense clashes that ended with an understanding on stopping the military actions on May 10 New Delhi has been maintaining that Indias fierce counterattack that day forced Pakistan to plead for ending the hostilitiesChina objects to Rijijursquos remarksChina on Friday objected to Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijijursquos remarks that the incarnation of the Dalai Lama should follow his own wishes urging India to act cautiously on Tibetrelated issues to avoid its impact on the improvement of bilateral relations India should be clear of the antiChina separatist nature of the 14th Dalai Lama and honour its commitments on Xizang Tibet related issues Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing here responding to a question on Rijijursquos comments China refers to Tibet as Xizang Rijiju has asserted that the decision on the incarnation of the Dalai Lama would be taken by the institution and the leader of Tibetan Buddhists himself and no one elseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever