JOIN USIndia on Saturday said that it would accept Pakistan’s offer for dialogue, only if it was on the issue of cross-border terrorism emanating from the neighbouring country.
A day after Pakistan offered to hold talks with India on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi responded with a strongly-worded statement.
“India would welcome a dialogue on contemporary and relevant issues in India-Pakistan relations,” said official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Vikas Swarup.
“At this time,” he added, “they include a stoppage of Pakistani support for cross-border terrorism, infiltration of terrorists like Bahadur Ali, incitement to violence and terrorism across the border, parading of internationally recognised terrorists like Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin, and sincere follow up on the Mumbai attack trial and the Pathankot attack investigation in Pakistan”.
His comment came a day after Pakistan Prime Minister M Nawaz Sharif’s foreign affairs advisor Sartaj Aziz said that Islamabad would soon invite New Delhi for a dialogue on the issue of Kashmir.
The troubled ties between India and Pakistan hit a new low with Islamabad trying to once again raise its pitch on the issue of Kashmir, cashing in on the unrest in the valley following killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani last month.
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