In another tweet, Swaroop said, "We only reiterated that Pakistan respect the spirit of the Simla & Ufa Agreements to which it was already committed."
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has described Pakistan's decision to call off the NSA-level talks as unfortunate, saying that India did not set any pre-conditions.
Pakistan's announcement brought to an end the battle of attrition as to who would blink first. That the talks were a non-starter was evident in the last two days in view of the acrimonious exchanges between the two sides, but the last straw appeared to be External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's virtual ultimatum to Pakistan to give a clear commitment by midnight that it would not go ahead with meeting the separatists.'
MEA spokesperson Vikas Swaroop tweeted,
The Foreign Office statement said Pakistan has "carefully analysed" the contents of the press conference of Swaraj. "We have come to the conclusion that the proposed NSA-level talks between the two countries would not serve any purpose, if conducted on the basis of the two conditions laid down by the Minister," it said.
Referring to Swaraj's statement, it said that while she accepts that to ensure durable peace between the two countries there is a need to discuss all outstanding issues, she then unilaterally restricts the agenda to only two items: creating an atmosphere free from terrorism and tranquillity on the LoC.
Meanwhile, US has said it is "disappointed" that the proposed talks between the National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan have been called off.
"We are disappointed the talks will not happen this weekend and encourage India and Pakistan to resume formal dialogue soon," State Department spokesman John Kirby told PTI yesterday.
The spokesperson, however, said the "constructive" interaction between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Ufa, Russia, was encouraging.
"We were encouraged by the constructive interaction between the leaders of India and Pakistan earlier this year at Ufa, particularly the announcement of dialogue between the countries' National Security Advisors," Kirby said.
(With PTI inputs)
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