With banners of ‘Op Sindoor not yet over’, Indian Embassy in Portugal responds to Pakani protests near its office | World News

The Indian Embassy in Portugal on Sunday said it “responded firmly with Operation Sindoor” to the protest organised Pakani nationals outside the Chancery building near the Embassy office in Lisbon.
In a post on X, officials were seen standing in the balcony of the embassy office with the banners on the wall which read: “Operation Sindoor  is not yet over”.
Calling the protest “cowardly,” the Embassy said India will not be intimidated such “desperate provocations.” It also thanked the government of Portugal and local police authorities for their support in ensuring the safety and security of the Embassy.
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“Embassy of India responded firmly with ‘Operation Sindoor’ to the cowardly protest organized Pakan near our Chancery building. We thank the Government of Portugal and It’s police authorities for their support in ensuring the safety and security of the Embassy,” the post read.
“India will not be intimidated such desperate provocations. Our resolve remains unshaken,” it added.

Embassy of India @IndiainPortugalresponded firmly with ‘Operation Sindoor’ to the cowardly protest organized Pakan near our Chancery building. We thank the Government of Portugal and It’s police authorities for their support in ensuring the safety and security of the… pic.twitter.com/63s951jH1R
— India in Portugal (@IndiainPortugal) May 18, 2025
India’s Ambassador to Portugal, Puneet Roy Kundal, also took to X and said the protest outside the Embassy was met with a “silent yet strong and resolute message, Operation Sindoor is not yet over.”
“Protests organised Pakan outside the Embassy were met with a silent yet strong and resolute message from our side ‘Operation Sindoor is not yet over’. All the Embassy officers were steadfast in this approach,”Kundal’s post read.
On May 7, Indian armed forces under Operation Sindoor destroyed nine terror infrastructures in Pakan and Pakan-occupied Kashmir in response to the killing of 26 civilians, mostly tours, terrors in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22.
A ceasefire was later announced on May 10.