India will only discuss bilaterally with Pakistan, and the only matter concerns vacation of POJK: MEA

Two days after US President Donald Trump said that he would work with India and Pakistan to see if a solution can be arrived at regarding Kashmir, New Delhi made very clear that any issue pertaining to J&K would be discussed directly with Pakistan, and it would be regarding "the outstanding matter of the vacation of the illegally occupied territory of POJK".

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Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, addressing the media in the wake of the ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan arrived, also said today that it was the Pakistan High Commission that approached the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on May 10 at just after noon, to initiate a talk between their Directors General of Military Operations, for cessation of hostilities.

“The specific date, time and wording of the understanding was worked out between the DGMOs of the two countries at their phone call on 10 May 2025 commencing 1535 hrs.

“The request for this call was received by the MEA from the Pakistani High Commission at 1237 hrs.

“The Pakistani side had initial difficulties connecting the hotline to the Indian side for technical reasons. The timing was then decided based on the availability of the Indian DGMO at 1535 hrs,” he said.