New Delhi on Friday rejected any suggestion for third party mediation between India and Pakistan.
‘’Our position on addressing all issues between India and Pakistan bilaterally has not changed,’’ sources here said when asked for reaction to reports that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was mulling the option of talking to senior officials from India and Pakistan on the situation in Kashmir and how things could be improved on the ground.
Guterres ''will talk to different officials if it helps (to) move the process along. That's something that he is looking into. Beyond that, I have nothing to say about the issue,'' UN chief's Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, the MEA said two Pakistani juveniles, Faisal Hussain Awan and Ahsan Khurshid Chaudhry, were repatriated via Attari/Wagah on Friday following the completion of investigation and the confirmation of their nationality. It said New Delhi attaches highest importance to addressing all humanitarian matters, including early release and repatriation of all eligible Indian prisoners and fishermen.