Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley asked Pakistan to decide what relationship the country wanted with India.
He said that the onus was on Pakistan to repair the relationship. "The powers that lie within Pakistan have to agree on what relationship they want with India."
Jaitley also accused Pakistan of deliberately breaking the ceasefire.
"Over the last few weeks, there have been a number of incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan. At first, the violations occurred only at the Line of Control (LoC) but now they are fired at our country even at the International Border," he said.
Jaitley also said, "I have visited the border with Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, and after meeting the troops, I am sure that our soldiers will give whatever is the proper response to these ceasefire violations.
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