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| Agree with BJP, 'talks and terror |
| Agree with BJP, 'talks and terror don't go together': Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid
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| INDIA
, 20-August-2013
8:3:16 AM |
| As India and Pakistan exchanged fire along the Line of Control at Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday after the 25th ceasefire violation by Pakistan this month, Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid said he "agreed with the BJP, talks and terror don't go together".
On Monday night, Pakistani troops opened fire at Hamirpur and Mendhar along the LOC, just hours after the Defence Minister sent a tough message to Pakistan in his Parliament statement and not long after the Pakistani prime minister called for talks saying, "Kashmir is Pakistan's jugular vein."
The Indian army retaliated strongly in both areas.
Top Indian sources believe these relentless attacks are the Pakistan army's way of showing their newly-elected prime minister who's the boss, especially before General Ashfaq Kayani's retirement in November. Indian officials say the outgoing Pak army chief wants his own man to succeed him in the post.
Indian officials also assess that Nawaz Sharif doesn't have the will or the capacity to take on army right now.
Reinforcing Defence Minister AK Antony's strong words that Pakistan's actions - including the killing of five Indian soldiers on August 6 - would have consequences on ties, sources say no diplomatic channel is open with Pakistan right now.
New Delhi is also yet to decide on the possibility of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meeting Nawaz Sharif in New York, on the sidelines of a UN meet next month.
Since January, Pakistan has violated the decade-old ceasefire agreement over 80 times.
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