The US administration has said there is no indication that the recent firing of an Indian missile, which landed in Pakistan, was anything other than accidental. India had said last week that it accidentally fired a missile two days back that landed in Pakistan and that the “deeply regrettable” incident was caused by a technical malfunction in the course of its routine maintenance.
“We have no indication as you also heard from our Indian partners that this incident was anything other than an accident,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference yesterday.
“We refer you, of course, to the Indian Ministry of Defence for any follow-up. They issued a statement on 9 March to explain precisely what had happened. We don’t have a comment beyond that,” Price said in response to a question.
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