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“We are always ready for talks with Pakistan but with a caveat that terror and talks cannot go together… There cannot be a comprehensive dialogue till Pakistan shuns terror,” the minister said while addressing a press conference at the completion of four years in power of the Narendra Modi-led government.
“Jab seema par janaze uth rahe hon, to baatcheet ki awaaz acchi nahi lagti (when people are dying on the border, talk of dialogue is not appropriate,” she added.She was replying to a question on whether India-Pakistan talks can take place after the general elections there
However, she admitted that the NSA’s of India and Pakistan met to hold “talks on terror”.
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Today Pakistan termed India’s claim over Jammu and Kashmir as “spurious” and said it contradicts everything from history to the situation on the ground.