Congress leader Pawan Khera acknowledged on Friday that the foreign policy of Pakistan has scored major wins after it's military stand-off with India. He stated that no country, including New Delhi's traditional friend Russia, came out in the open to support its attack on Pakistan.

 

While Turkey, China and Azerbaijan came openly in support of defending Pakistan's territorial integrity and sovereignty, no country officially issued a statement supporting India's aggression against Islamabad earlier this month.

 

“Not one country issued a statement in your [India] favour after its strikes in Pakistan. Our traditional friends did not issue a statement in our favour,” the Congress leader said while speaking to ANI News.

 

He further stated that since Operation Sindoor, Kuwait lifted visa restrictions on Pakistan, adding, “Iran and Gulf countries are signing MOUs with Pakistan.”

 

He then pointed towards Russia signing an MOU with Islamabad on reviving Pakistan’s steel mill, a real worth billions of dollars. "The most shocking aspect” for India. Russia has been our decades-old friend. Where has the relationship gone wrong?”

 

“This is the result of your failed foreign policy,” he stated, lambasting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

 

Khera then criticised the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led failed foreign policy, saying that even Colombia issued a statement paying tribute to all people in Pakistan who had died in India’s attack earlier this month.

 

The Colombian government had offered condolences to Pakistan over the civilian deaths in the Indian missile strikes in multiple cities in Pakistan, including Bahawalpur and Muridke, on the night between May 6 and 7.

 

In response to India's cowardly missile attack, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) reacted swiftly, downing multiple Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets, including three 4.5-generation Rafales.

 

Politicians in India have raised concerns over the BJP-led government’sdiplomatic isolation. Earlier, India’s Leader in the Opposition Rahul Gandhi called it a “collapse” and posed three questions to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar regarding the diplomatic outcomes following hostilities with Pakistan and the subsequent ceasefire.

 

On May 23, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), he asked why not a single country backed India in condemning Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack and who asked US President Donald Trump to "mediate" between the two nations.

 

He further asked, “Why has India been hyphenated with Pakistan?”

 

In his post, Gandhi also tagged Jaishankar's recent interview with Dutch broadcaster NOS during his visit to The Netherlands.