Kulbhushan Jadhav appeared to be under extreme pressure to parrot Pak's narrative: MEA

NEW DELHI: India on Monday said that former Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav was “under extreme pressure to parrot a false narrative to bolster Pakistan’s untenable claims” and announced that it will decide the future course of action after receiving detailed report from its mission in Islamabad.

India’s chargé d’affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia met Kulbhushan Jadhav on Monday following Pakistan’s decision to grant consular access.

“This meeting was held in the light of unanimous judgement of the International Court of Justice, delivered on July 17, 2019, which found Pakistan in egregious violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963, on many counts and ordered Pakistan to provide Indian consular officers access to Shri Jadhav,” MEA spokesperson said, adding: “It was clear that Jadhav appeared to be under extreme pressure to parrot a false narrative to bolster Pakistan’s untenable claims. We will decide a further course of action after receiving a detailed report from our Cd’A.”


External affairs minister S Jaishankar has spoken to Jadhav’s mother and briefed her about the developments. “The government remains committed to working towards ensuring that Jadhav receives justice at the earliest and returns safely to India,” the spokesperson said.