External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday reiterated that India's dealings with Pakistan would be “strictly bilateral” and there was no change in the national consensus.
"That is a national consensus for many years, and there is absolutely no change in that consensus that dealings with Pakistan will be bilateral," Jaishankar said while interacting with reporters on the sidelines of an event in Delhi.
He noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made it clear that any talks with Pakistan will be only on terrorism.
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"...Pakistan has a list of terrorists, who need to be handed over. They have to shut down terrorist infrastructure, they know what to do," the minister said.
Jaishankr asserted that the Indus Waters Treaty would continue to be held in abeyance until Pakistan stopped its support for cross-border terrorism.
“I re-emphasise, the Cabinet Committee on Security was very clear that the Indus Waters Treaty is held in abeyance and will continue to be held in abeyance until Pakistan 'credibly and irrevocably"' stops its support for cross-border terrorism,” the EAM said.
Jaishankar also reiterated New Delhi's stand on Kashmir, saying the only thing that remains to be discussed is the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
“Again, the only thing that remains to be discussed on Kashmir, is vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, we are open to discuss it with Pakistan. I want to spell out our position very clearly...the government's position is very, very clear," he said.
India suspended the water treaty a day after the Pahalgam terrorist attack as New Delhi launched a slew of punitive measures against Islamabad.
