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Professor Srikanth Kondapalli claims China aided Pakistan in the Pahalgam attack, citing Huawei phones, satellite images, and support in Operation Sindoor.
Professor Srikanth Kondapalli, Chinese Studies expert at JNU (ANI)
Professor Srikanth Kondapalli, a leading Chinese Studies expert, accused China of double standards on the issue of fighting terrorism, saying that one of the terrorists was carrying a Huawei phone with a Chinese satellite connection when the Pahalgam terror attack took place and messaged back to Pakistan after the heinous attack.
In an interview with the news agency ANI, Professor Kondapalli also referred to Chinese support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
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“On April 22nd, when the Pahalgam incident took place, one of the terrorists was carrying a Huawei phone with a Chinese satellite connection. He was messaging back to Pakistan after the Pahalgam attacks. So, there is a Chinese role here…The Chinese have supplied satellite images of Pahalgam before the attack. 120-129 slides have been given to the Pakistanis. ….This is another incident where the Chinese were helping the Pakistani side, despite the counter-terrorism pledge with the Indians, also with the international community in the SCO,” he said.
Kondapalli also highlighted Pakistan’s efforts to remove any reference to The Resistance Front (TRF) from United Nations Security Council discussions following the Pahalgam terror attack.
“The Chinese Ambassador and the Pakistani Ambassador….the name of The Resistance Front was deleted, which took responsibility for the Pahalgam attacks initially twice, but a third time they declined to take responsibility. The fact that they took responsibility the first two times indicates their role. In the Tianjin SCO Declaration, Pahalgam was mentioned,” he said.
“However, this was watered down with the mention of the Zafar Express. It suggests then that the Chinese were under pressure from Russia to include the Pahalgam terror attacks, but they were watered down under Pakistani pressure. So this indicates that India cannot trust China on the terrorism issue,” Kondapalli added.
The Chinese studies expert also discussed China’s support to Pakistan during Operation Sindioor, carried out by India in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
“China provided information again to the Pakistani Air Force, as the Deputy Army Chief mentioned. Also, the Chinese have given the equipment like JF-17, J-10 …, HQ-9 surface-to-air missile batteries. This is very offensive in nature. And Foreign Minister Wang Yi, after the Pahalgam attack, said that there should be an impartial inquiry…forgetting for a moment that China never accepted any investigation into the Xinjiang Uyghur insurgency-related incidents or during the COVID-19 pandemic, they did not allow the WHO delegation to go and visit the blood samples….So it is quite strange.”
“To put it in context, after the Pathankot terror incident, India invited Pakistan to join the investigation. Soon after, Pakistan raised allegations against Indian agencies. For India, it is now time for action, not investigation. Many terror incidents traced to cross-border terrorism led to Operation Sindoor, during which China appeared to side with Pakistan, providing arms and intelligence. A Pakistani Brigadier in the Western Theatre Command coordinated between China and Rawalpindi, suggesting we need to verify before trusting China,” Kondapalli added.
(With inputs from ANI)
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