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Out of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), two openly said Pakistan or Pakistan-based terrorist outfits should take the responsibility for the Uri terror attack. The comments fit in with India's policy objective of isolating Pakistan internationally over its continuing support for terrorism.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup released a collection of statements made by a number of countries on the Uri attack.

Not just Russia and France, even US+ and UK strongly came down in India's favour, but stayed away from directly mentioning Pakistan. China, on the other hand, which is considered as 'all-weather friend' of Pakistan, expressed shock over the attack and said it "opposes and condemns all kinds of terrorism".

"In view of the attack on the Indian air base at Pathankot in January this year, we note with concern the resurgence of terrorist attacks near the Line of Control. It is alarming, and according to New Delhi, the attack on military unit near the town of Uri was committed from the territory of Pakistan," Russia said.

Coming to France statement, it read, "More than ever, we stand alongside India, France's strategic partner, to fight against this scourge. We call for decisive actions to be taken within the respect of international law against terrorist groups targeting India and in particular, Lashkar-e-Tayibba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen."

Germany even voiced against terrorism and offered support to India. "Germany stands firmly on the side of India in the fight against terrorism. Every country has the responsibility to take decisive action against terrorism, which emanates from its own territory," it said.

Swarup tweeted that, Japan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Canada, Mongolia and South Korea, are the other countries who released the statements against Pakistan.