The Ministry of external affairs (MEA) in its weekly media briefing Thursday said, "Political space should not be given to extremist elements," the MEA Spokesperson was speaking on Khalistani issue in Canada.
Reaffirming its stance on Pakistan, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "Terror and trade cannot go together, blood and water cannot go together."
MEA further said, talks only on return on Pakistani terrorists, & return of POK. The MEA spokesperson was speaking on Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif's proposal on talks with India.
"We have been very clear and consistent in our position. I said this in the previous press conference last week, as well as in the press engagement we had on 13th May. Our position regarding Pakistan, and engagement with Pakistan, has been clear and consistent. You are well aware of our position that any India-Pakistan engagement has to be bilateral."
"At the same time, we are clear that talks and terror don’t go together. On terrorism itself, we are open to discussing the handing over to India of noted terrorists whose list was given to Pakistan some years ago," Jaiswal added.
He added, "I would like to underline that any bilateral discussion on Jammu and Kashmir will only be about the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan. As for the Indus Water Treaty, it will remain in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism. As the Prime Minister has said, and I would like to repeat his words, terror and talks cannot go together."
