Talks and terror cannot go together, India says in rejoinder to Pakistan at UN

New York, Oct. 2 : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said late on Thursday that India is open to having a dialogue with Pakistan on all issues, but emphatically stated that talks and terror cannot go together.Addressing the United Nations General Assembly here, Swaraj, who was speaking a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had raised the settlement of the Kashmir issue again at the UNGA, said that the masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack are still walking free in Pakistan which was an affront to the entire international community.Swaraj said that India is prepared to hold talks at the NSA level related to terrorism and agreeable to the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) to address the situation on the border as agreed upon by the Prime Ministers of the two countries in Ufa this year if Pakistan’s response is serious and credible.