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Pakistan to test missiles from May 25

Pakistan has informed India that it plans to carry out a series of missile tests from May 25 to 28.

"We have been informed by Pakistan that it plans to carry out a series of missile tests comprising short and medium range missiles and that appropriate notifications have been issued for these tests, which are scheduled between May 25 and 28," a ministry of external affairs spokesperson said on Friday evening.

While notifying India about the tests, Pakistan has said: "This is routine and not central to the current situation between the two countries."

"The Government of India is not particularly impressed by these missile antics, clearly targeted at the domestic audience in Pakistan," the spokesperson said.

"What is and what we would expect and judge by is the specific action taken by Government of Pakistan to stop cross-border infiltration and terrorism," she said.

"India would also expect Pakistan to dismantle the training camps for terrorists, to destroy the support and financing structures for the terrorist networks and to show conclusively that it has abandoned its use and promotion of terrorism as an instrument of state policy," she said.

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