New Delhi, May 23 -- India insisted on Thursday that any engagement with Pakistan can only be bilateral, ruling out mediation by any third party on issues between the two countries.
External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said there could not be any talks with Pakistan as long as it continues backing terrorism against India.
"...our position [is] that any India-Pakistan engagement has to be bilateral," he said.
On the issue of terrorism, New Delhi is "open to discussing the handing over to India of noted terrorists whose list was given to Pakistan some years ago", Jaiswal said.
Any bilateral talks on Jammu and Kashmir will "only be on vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan", he said.
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