'Pakistan have to vacate PoK, no third party should interfere', India's clear stand on Kashmir issue

The Foreign Ministry said in a press conference on Tuesday that Pakistan will have to vacate PoK. No third party should interfere in the Jammu and Kashmir issue. Foreign Minister Randhir Jaiswal said, 'All matters will be resolved bilaterally.'

We have a long-standing national position that any issues pertaining to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally. MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal@MEAIndia #IndiaPakistanWar pic.twitter.com/0c08wHaXjg

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Jaiswal added, India will keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.

VIDEO | Addressing a press conference, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says,"The other day, you saw that after the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) decision, the Indus Water Treaty has been put in abeyance. I would also like to take you back a little. The Indus Water Treaty… pic.twitter.com/p1IMz26kUa

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Jaiswal's remarks came days after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire to the ongoing military conflict between the two neighbours following Operation Sindoor.