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The UK government on Wednesday said that it supports India in bringing perpetrators to justice as the UK's Parliament discussed the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. It also called for calm and dialogue between India and Pakistan at a time of heightened tensions in the region. The discussions in the UK's Parliament were held for 45 minutes after British Sikh Labour MP Gurinder Singh Josan tabled an “Urgent Question” in the House of Commons.
Singh asked about the role Britain is playing in supporting India in bringing the perpetrators to justice. Foreign Office Minister Hamish Falconer responded by saying “The horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April was devastating… We call on all sides, all community leaders and all involved to call for calm at a time of tension in the region...We want to see the perpetrators held to justice properly, and we will be supporting India to do so,” said Falconer.
Falconer was also asked to address the BBC’s reference to the attack as “militancy”, to which he responded: “I resist calls for ministers to police the BBC’s language too much, but let me be clear: this was a horrific terrorist attack, and that is the view of the British government.”
