Don't needle on Kashmir: India to Pakistan

India on Thursday hit out at Pakistan, asking it to vacate the parts of Jammu and Kashmir which it has illegally occupied and to not needlessly internationalise the issue.

"Pakistan needs to vacate its illegal occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir," said MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup. He was asked to respond to a conference held in Pakistan on the Kashmir issue.

"We completely reject the insinuations by the vested interests against India which has rightful sovereignty over the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir.

We also stress that there are no global dimensions of the Kashmir issue except in the minds of those who seek to needlessly internationalise a bilateral matter," Swarup added.

(THE TIMES OF INDIA)