During his interrogation, Awan has deposed to the NIA that they had "guided and facilitated" the border crossing of the group that perpetrated the September 18 Uri massacre, the Foreign Secretary told him. "We are willing to provide the Pakistan High Commission consular access to these three individuals apprehended in connection with terrorist attacks in India," the Foreign Secretary told the Pakistani envoy. Basit was also told that these apprehensions and subsequent interrogation underline the cross-border infiltration that had been the subject of their previous discussion. Continuing cross-border terrorist attacks from Pakistan against India are unacceptable," Jaishankar asserted. Today's summoning comes amidst India weighing the options to hit back at Pakistan in the aftermath of the Uri attack.

Source: dna September 27, 2016 13:30 UTC