Pakistan has expressed its readiness to end the conflict with the cessation of Indian strikes.

Pakistan is ready to cease hostilities against India if New Delhi takes steps towards de-escalation. This was stated on May 7 by Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif in an interview with Bloomberg.

"For the last two weeks, we have been saying that we will never do anything hostile against India. But if India attacks, we will respond," he said.

Asif added that Pakistan will stop military operations if India backs down. He also noted that such actions are not hostile, but serve to protect the territory.

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On May 7, the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, during which they carried out nine attacks on the terrorist infrastructure of Pakistan and the occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In turn, Pakistan retaliated after the attacks from the Indian side. It was clarified that the country's air force shot down three Indian Air Force fighter jets, including two Rafale aircraft.

Later, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry reported that the two nuclear-weapon states were approaching a major conflict amid the "reckless actions" of the Indian side. Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director General of the Public Relations Department of the Pakistan Army (ISPR), reported at least eight dead civilians, two missing and 35 injured as a result of Indian strikes.