Chief of Staff of the Indian Army, General Upendra Dwivedi, reviewed the security situation on the western borders on May 11, 2025 and granted Army Commanders full authority to counter-act in the kinetic domain in response to any violation of the understanding reached at the talks between the DGMOs of the two countries on May 10, 2025 | Photo: Indian Army
The Indian Army issued a statement on Sunday saying the currently-holding ceasefire with Pakistan did not have an ‘expiry date’.
The Indian Army said in its statement, “As far as continuation of break in hostilities, as decided in DGMOs interaction of 12 May are concerned, there is no expiry date to it,” said the Indian Army in its statement.”
This came after news media reporting from Pakistan on Thursday that Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar had claimed an agreement between the two countries to extend the ceasefire until Sunday, May 18th.
On Thursday, the Indian Army had said in a statement, “Further to the understanding between the two DGMOs on 10th of May 2025, it has been decided to continue the confidence building measures so as to reduce the alertness level.”
The ceasefire came into effect on the evening of Saturday, May 10th, despite a sputtering start due to violations of the understanding by Pakistan shortly after the announcement of the pause in hostilities on Saturday, which were repeated on Sunday.
The ceasefire is reported to have largely held since then.
Emphasising the effervescent nature of the ceasefire, the Government of India has, so far, declined to call the current arrangement a ‘ceasefire’, instead insisting it is a ‘pause in military activity.’
The Indian Army also clarified that ‘no DGMO talks are scheduled today (Sunday),’ referring to questions about a possible new round of talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two countries.
Sunday’s statement indicates that India has decided the ‘pause in military activities’ could remain indefinite, depending on Pakistani adherence to the understanding between the DGMOs of the two countries.
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