The nuclear powers create "tension" again: "They know what they have to do"

Jaishankar said that the only issue related to the disputed territory of Kashmir on which India is ready to discuss with Pakistan is "withdrawal from the areas illegally occupied by Pakistan", the Hindustan Times reported.

"The prime minister was very clear: the only talks with Pakistan will be about terrorism. Pakistan has a list of terrorists it needs to extradite and it needs to close the terrorist infrastructure. They know what they need to do. We are ready to talk to them about it," the minister said.

He added that the Government of India had decided that the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 would not apply until terrorism was stopped in a "convincing and irreversible manner".

He said this after Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had offered to hold talks with India on a number of issues, including Kashmir and the aforementioned water agreement, the previous day.

Relations with Pakistan "exclusively bilateral"

Jaishankar dismissed the possibility of international mediation, stressing that all relations with Pakistan are "exclusively bilateral".

That policy, he said, represents a long-standing national consensus that remains unchanged.

The goal of operation "Sindor" has been achieved

Jaishankar stated that the objective of Operation "Sindor", when the Indian army attacked parts of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan, had been achieved and that India had immediately sent a message to Pakistan not to target the army, but only terrorist bases.

Commenting on US President Donald Trump's claims that trade could end conflicts between India and Pakistan, Jaishankar said trade talks with the US are ongoing, but that any deal is only possible if it is "mutually beneficial".

Following the Pahalgarh terror attack on April 22, India launched a series of airstrikes against Pakistan-controlled parts of Kashmir, to which Pakistan responded.

The conflict lasted until May 10, when the two sides reached an agreement on a ceasefire.