India summoned Pakistan’s senior diplomat in New Delhi on Wednesday following a naval collision between the two countries in the Arabian Sea. According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the incident occurred on Tuesday in international waters when a Pakistani naval vessel collided with an Indian warship.

The ministry protested the event to Pakistan’s charge d’affaires at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, describing Pakistan’s naval conduct as “unacceptable and unprofessional.” Indian officials emphasized that the collision breached a 1991 bilateral agreement that mandates vessels from both nations maintain a minimum separation of three nautical miles while operating in international waters.

India requested that the charge d’affaires convey to the Pakistani government the importance of adherence to existing military accords to prevent recurrence of such incidents. Simultaneously, India instructed its own charge d’affaires in Islamabad to formally protest to Pakistan’s foreign ministry.

There has been no immediate response from Pakistani authorities regarding the collision. The episode marks the first direct military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbors since their brief, four-day conflict last year. Diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan remain downgraded, with neither country posting ambassadors in the other’s capital since 2019, following India’s revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

The incident underscores ongoing tensions and challenges in the complex and often fraught relationship between India and Pakistan, particularly in sensitive military operations conducted near their maritime borders.