MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, while was responding to a question on Trump's offer, said, "We have a longstanding national position that any issues pertaining to the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally"
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal (above) lauded the Indian Armed Forces and said that their might compelled Pakistan to stop attacking. Pic/videograb
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said that the Kashmir issue will be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally and there is no change of this stand.
The assertion came against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's renewed offer to mediate on the Jammu and Kashmir issue.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, while responding to a question on Trump's offer, said, "We have a longstanding national position that any issues pertaining to the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally."
He said, "The policy has not changed. As you are aware, the outstanding matter is the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan."
On speculation on nuclear war by Trump, Jaiswal said that the military action was entirely in the conventional domain.
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"There were some reports that Pakistan's National Command Authority will meet on May 10. But this was later denied by them. Pakistan foreign minister has himself denied the nuclear angle on record,"Randhir Jaiswal said.
"As you know, India has a firm stance that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail or allow cross-border terrorism to be conducted invoking it," he said.
"In conversations with various countries, we also cautioned that their subscribing to such scenarios could hurt them in their own region," Jaiswal said.
He said that India will keep Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures support for cross-border terrorism.
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Pakistan nurtured terrorism on an industrial scale, he said.
Terrorist infrastructure that India destroyed under Operation Sindoor were responsible not only for the deaths of Indians but of many other innocents around world, he said.
Jaiswal lauded the Indian Armed Forces and said that their might compelled Pakistan to stop attacking.
Jaiswal said that the initiative of the understanding was taken by the Pakistani side.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to the Adampur air base in Punjab on Tuesday morning and interacted with air force personnel, who have been in the thick of action during the recent conflict with Pakistan.
India is eternally grateful to its armed forces for everything they do for our nation, he said on X.
(with PTI inputs)
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