India summons Pakistani diplomat after incident in Arabian Sea

India accuses Pakistan of ignoring bilateral agreement after collison between the two countries’ navies.

An Indian warship at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India [FILE: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters]

India has summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in New Delhi in protest against a collision between the two countries’ navies in the Arabian Sea.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday that a Pakistani naval ship had collided with an Indian warship in international waters the previous day.

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The ministry said it had lodged a protest with Pakistan’s charge d’Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.

It accused Pakistan’s navy of “unacceptable and unprofessional conduct” leading to a collision with an Indian Navy unit.

It said the incident violated a 1991 bilateral agreement that requires naval ships and submarines of both countries to keep at least three nautical miles apart in international waters.

The ministry said the charge d’affaires was asked to convey to his government the need for military units to respect the agreements between the two sides “to prevent any repeat of such incidents”.

India’s charge d’affaires in Islamabad was also instructed to lodge a similar protest with Pakistan’s foreign ministry.

There was no immediate comment from Pakistan’s government.

This incident is the first case of direct military tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours since they fought a four-day direct conflict last year.

The two countries have not had ambassadors in each other’s capitals since 2019, when they downgraded diplomatic ties after New Delhi revoked the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir.

India and Pakistan have fought three major wars, two of them over the status of Kashmir, since they gained independence from British rule in 1947.

印度指责巴基斯坦在两国海军发生碰撞后无视双边协议。

印度孟买海军造船厂的一艘印度军舰 [图片来源：Francis Mascarenhas/路透社]

印度已召见巴基斯坦驻新德里最高外交官，抗议两国海军在阿拉伯海发生冲突。

印度外交部周三表示，一艘巴基斯坦海军舰艇前一天在国际水域与一艘印度军舰发生碰撞。

巴基斯坦在海牙赢得印度河水争端，但印度的威胁依然存在（共2条，此为第1条）。

巴基斯坦控制的克什米尔地区互联网中断已超过100天（共2条记录，此为第2条）

该部表示已向巴基斯坦驻新德里高级专员公署临时代办提出抗议。

它指责巴基斯坦海军“行为不端且不专业”，导致与印度海军舰艇发生碰撞。

声明称，该事件违反了1991年的一项双边协议，该协议要求两国海军舰艇和潜艇在国际水域保持至少三海里的距离。

该部表示，已要求临时代办向其政府传达军事单位必须尊重双方协议的必要性，“以防止此类事件再次发生”。

印度驻伊斯兰堡临时代办也被指示向巴基斯坦外交部提出类似的抗议。

巴基斯坦政府方面尚未对此发表评论。

这是自去年两国发生为期四天的直接冲突以来，这两个拥有核武器的邻国之间首次出现直接军事紧张局势。

自 2019 年新德里取消印度控制的克什米尔地区的特殊地位后，两国降低了外交关系级别，此后两国在对方首都就没有互派大使。

自 1947 年印度和巴基斯坦脱离英国统治获得独立以来，两国已经爆发了三次重大战争，其中两次是为了争夺克什米尔的地位。