India on Wednesday sought to turn the tables back on Pakistan saying it was willing to send Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar for talks on cross-border terror and not on Kashmir, as Islamabad wanted.
In response to the invitation from his Pakistani counterpart, Jaishankar said the talks should be focussed on cross-border terror as that was "central to the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir."
India has also conveyed that it rejects in entirety "the self-serving allegations regarding the situation in J&K, which is an integral part of India where Pakistan has no locus standi."
Pakistan on Monday had invited India for talks on Kashmir, saying it is the "international obligation" of both the countries to resolve the issue.
The response was handed over to Pakistan by Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad Gautam Bambawale.
The invitation was extended amid tension in bilateral ties due to the war of words between the two nations over the
issue.
Last week, while reacting to a statement by Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz regarding the invitation, India had made it clear that it would talk on "contemporary and relevant" issues in Indo-Pak relations and
at this time it included stoppage of Pak-supported cross-border terrorism.
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