No dialogue with Pakistan before action on terror outfits: Swaraj

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 13 2019 | 10:50 PM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said India cannot have dialogue with Pakistan unless the neighbouring country acted against terror outfits on its soil, asserting that "talks and terror cannot go together".

Talking on 'India's World: Modi Government's Foreign Policy', she stated that Pakistan needs to control the ISI and its army who are bent on destroying the bilateral relations time and again.

"We do not want talk on terror, we want action on it. Terror and talks cannot go together," she said.

Swaraj also questioned Pakistan's retaliation to the Indian air strikes in Balakot when, she said, India had specifically targeted the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

"Why did the Pakistani military attack us on behalf of JeM? You not only keep JeM on your soil, but fund them and when the victim country retaliates, you attack it on the terror outfit's behalf.

"If Imran Khan (Pakistan prime minister) is so generous and a statesman, he should give us Masood Azhar," she said.

The external affairs minister said India can have a good relationship with Pakistan, provided the neighbouring country

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First Published: Mar 13 2019 | 10:50 PM IST

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