India fails to get Quad support against Pakistan over Pahalgam attack

India has failed to gain explicit support from the Quad alliance in blaming Pakistan for the recent deadly attack in Pahalgam, located in Indian-occupied Kashmir.

Following a meeting in Washington, the foreign ministers of the Quad group—comprising the United States, India, Japan, and Australia—issued a joint statement condemning the April 22 terrorist attack that killed 26 people. However, the statement refrained from directly naming Pakistan.

The statement emphasized: “The Quad condemns terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism, and calls for the perpetrators to be brought to justice without delay.”

India had quickly blamed Pakistan for orchestrating the attack, an allegation Islamabad strongly denied, calling instead for an impartial international investigation into the incident.

The lack of direct attribution to Pakistan in the Quad’s official stance is seen as a diplomatic setback for New Delhi in its efforts to isolate Islamabad on the international stage.

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Meanwhile, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has admitted that US Vice President JD Vance urged India to agree to a ceasefire with Pakistan during the recent military escalation, warning that Islamabad had planned a major retaliatory strike if India did not de-escalate.

In an interview with Newsweek during his visit to the United States for a Quad foreign ministers’ meeting, Jaishankar revealed new details about the crucial hours leading up to the ceasefire between Pakistan and India following the May 7 conflict.

 “I was in the room when Vice President Vance spoke to Prime Minister Modi on the night of May 9. He said the Pakistanis would launch a very massive assault on India if we did not accept certain things,” Jaishankar stated.