UK Member of Parliament Priti Patel offers condolences to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack at the UK House of Commons, in London on Wednesday

IANS London

UK Conservative Party MP Priti Patel extended support to India, saying that it has the right to take reasonable and proportionate steps to defend itself, and to dismantle the vile terrorist infrastructure that has caused death and continues to threaten it. She slammed Pakistan for threatening India and Western interests by fostering terrorism. 

The remarks came after the Indian armed forces on Wednesday morning launched Operation Sindoor, targeting nine high-value terror locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 innocent civilians.

Speaking at the House of Commons on Wednesday, the UK's Shadow Foreign Secretary Patel extended her condolences to the victims of murderous, violent terrorism in Pahalgam. "It was an act of terrorism, and we must reflect on the fact that Pahalgam has joined Mumbai, New Delhi and other places in India in being forever scarred by an act of terror," she said.