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India rejects Guterres mediation offer
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- The government has rejected the latest offer by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to mediate between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, saying that it would only discuss the matter bilaterally.
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- MEA statement
(1) The issue of [Jammu and Kashmir] that needs to be addressed is that of vacation of the territories illegally and forcibly occupied by Pakistan.
(2) Further issues, if any, would be discussed bilaterally. There is no role or scope for third party mediation.
(3) India hopes the UN Secretary General would “emphasise on the imperative for Pakistan to take credible, sustained and irreversible action to put an end to cross-border terrorism against India.
- Offer for mediation: Speaking in Islamabad at the beginning of a four-day visit to Pakistan, Mr. Guterres had said he had offered his offices and was “ready to help if both countries agree for mediation.”
Source
The Hindu