India accidentally fires missile into Pakistan, US reacts

The United States of America has issued a statement saying that there is no indication that the recent firing of a missile from India which landed in Pakistan was anything other than accidental.

On Friday, India stated that it accidentally launched a missile two days back that landed in Pakistan and that the "deeply regrettable" act was brought about by a technical glitch in the course of its standard maintenance.

"We have no indication as you also heard from our Indian partners that this incident was anything other than an accident," State Department spokesperson Ned Price told during his daily news conference on Monday.

"We refer you of course to the Indian Ministry of Defense for any follow up. They issued an official statement on 9th March to explain precisely what had taken place. We do not have a comment apart from that," Ned Price said in response to a question.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will issue a statement in Lok Sabha on Tuesday over the "inadvertent" firing of a missile that landed in Pakistan last week.

Furthermore, the Defence Ministry said that it has ordered a court of enquiry into the incident adding that it was a matter of relief that there was no loss of life because of the accidental firing.

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