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India connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025) trashed arsenic "ridiculous" Pakistan's assertion that its petition for utilizing Indian airspace to nonstop humanitarian assistance to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka was denied by New Delhi.
"We cull the ridiculous connection made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, which is yet different effort of spreading anti-India misinformation," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
The petition for overflight clearance for a Pakistani craft carrying humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka was received by the Indian precocious committee successful Islamabad astatine astir 1 p.m. connected Monday (December 1, 2025), helium said.
"Given the urgency of humanitarian assistance, the authorities of India processed the petition expeditiously the aforesaid time and granted the overflight support arsenic per the itinerary projected astatine 5:30 p.m. connected December 1," Mr. Jaiswal added.
"India remains committed to assisting the radical of Sri Lanka successful these challenging times done each disposable means," helium said successful effect to media queries connected the issue.
Mr. Jaiswal's remarks came hours aft Pakistan alleged that its alleviation operations for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka were being "hampered by deficiency of cooperation" by India arsenic it delayed support to usage its airspace.
"India continues to artifact humanitarian assistance from Pakistan to Sri Lanka. The peculiar craft carrying Pakistan's humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka continues to look delays for implicit 60 hours present awaiting formation clearance from India," the Pakistan Foreign Office alleged.
Sri Lanka has been reeling nether flooding, landslides and infrastructure illness triggered by a cyclone.
India has launched Operation Sagar Bandhu to assistance the land federation retrieve from the devastation.
At slightest 410 radical were killed, and 336 are missing arsenic of Tuesday (December 2) greeting successful the catastrophic floods and landslides, according to Sri Lankan authorities.
