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National Times Bureau, May 26, 2025: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has decisively quashed speculation that India and Pakistan were near a nuclear confrontation during their recent military standoff. In an interview with the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Jaishankar stated that both nations were “very, very far” from considering the use of nuclear weapons, despite heightened tensions in May 2025.His comments directly counter persistent narratives suggesting the region had neared nuclear disaster during India’s Operation Sindoor and Pakistan’s retaliatory strikes. According to Jaishankar, “At no point was a nuclear level reached,” and the situation remained within the realm of…