Paris: The French Navy has strongly criticised a Pakistan-based media outlet for spreading “misinformation and disinformation” regarding India’s Operation Sindoor, carried out against Pakistan-sponsored terrorist sites following the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in April that claimed 26 civilian lives.

The clarification followed the publication of an article by Islamabad-based Geo TV on November 21, which claimed that a French naval commander had confirmed Pakistan’s air superiority and asserted that Indian Rafale jets were shot down during recent border skirmishes.

Dismissing the report, the French Navy said the outlet not only misquoted French officers but even got the officer’s name wrong — referring to him as “Jacques Launay” instead of his actual name, Captain Yvan Lau

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