India summons Pak diplomat as naval units collide at sea

India summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in New Delhi yesterday to lodge a “strong protest” blaming its arch-rival’s navy for a collision between naval units in international waters.

“A strong protest was lodged with him over the unacceptable and unprofessional conduct of Pakistani naval units at sea that led to a collision with a unit of the Indian Navy,” New Delhi’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

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It said that the incident took place in international waters, and “did not cause any major damage”.

A senior Indian official said that the incident happened late Tuesday in the north of the Arabian Sea.

Nuclear-armed arch-rivals India and Pakistan share a deep distrust and have fought multiple wars since gaining independence in 1947, primarily over Muslim-majority region of Kashmir, which both countries claim.

They also have tens of thousands of heavily-armed soldiers deployed all along their long and militarised border.

In May 2025, the two countries fought a deadly four-day conflict after armed gunmen killed over two dozen tourists, mostly Hindus, in Kashmir.

New Delhi blamed Islamabad for the attack, a charge Pakistan denied.