New Delhi

India and Pakistan have worked out an understanding on stoppage of firing and military action, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday and noted that India will continue its firm and uncompromising stance against terrorism.

"India and Pakistan have today worked out an understanding on stoppage of firing and military action. India has consistently maintained a firm and uncompromising stance against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. It will continue to do so," he said in a post on X.

India and Pakistan have today worked out an understanding on stoppage of firing and military action.

India has consistently maintained a firm and uncompromising stance against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. It will continue to do so.

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) May 10, 2025

Pakistan's foreign minister Ishaq dar also announced the ceasefire agreement on X:

Pakistan and India have agreed to a ceasefire with immediate effect. Pakistan has always strived for peace and security in the region, without compromising on its sovereignty and territorial integrity!

— Ishaq Dar (@MIshaqDar50) May 10, 2025

In the Meanwhile US President Donald Trump also announced the ceasefire agreement though his post on X:

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2025

In India the formal announcement of ceasefire was made by Foreign secretary Vikram Misri. He said the DGMOs of India and Pakistan had spoken in the day and agreed that both sides agreed to stop all firing and military action from 5 pm Saturday.

It seems Vice President of the USA J D Vance and US secretary of State Marco Rubio were engaged with both Indian and Pakistani leaders to fecilitate a ceasefire. Marco Rubio said both he and J D Vance remained engaged with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, including Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and National Security Advisors Ajit Doval and Asim Malik to bring both sides to agree on a ceasefire. His post on X:

Over the past 48 hours, @VP Vance and I have engaged with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, including Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and National Security Advisors Ajit…

— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) May 10, 2025

With this Indian armed Forces’ four day Operation Sindoor launched on April 7 with missile attacked on nine terrorist training camps inside Punjab province of Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.

The operation was launched in the wake of Pahalgam terrorist strike in which 25 Indian and a citizen of Nepal were killed on April 22.

Shortly before the ceasefire announcement Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and chiefs of the Indian Armed Forces at his residence in New Delhi.

The meeting took place following India's strikes at four airbases in Pakistan in the early hours of Saturday in reply to Pakistan's attack on 26 Indian locations. Army also destroyed seven terrorist launchpads along the line of control in POJK this morning.

India has made it clear that it would "treat any act of terror as an act of war" in the future. Also India had no ambition to expand the conflict and its target was the terror infrastruture in Pakistan.