India today said it has never shied away from dialogue with Pakistan. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup, however, said talks and terror cannot go hand in hand. Mr Swarup said, India's internal affairs are solely its own to handle and anyone trying to interfere will not change that reality. <br/><br/>Without naming Pakistan, the spokesperson said, the world has a very clear view as to which country in the region covets territory of others and uses terrorism as an instrument of state policy.<br/><br/>On evacuating Indians from South Sudan, Mr Swarup said, first batch of rescued persons from that country likely to arrive Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala tomorrow morning around 6 AM. He said operation Sankat Mochan is successfully underway. The two Air Force aircrafts have reached Juba to bring back Indians. <br/><br/>On possibility of unilateral action by China in South China Sea, the spokesperson said, India is against any such action which may cause tension in the area. <br/><br/>On 12th of this month, Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague had rejected China's claims to economic rights across large swathes of the South China Sea and upheld the rights of the Philippines over the resources in the sea.<br/><br/>Replying to a query on recent political developments in Nepal, Mr Swarup said it is internal affair of that country. He also rejected the charges that India is behind political upheaval in the Himalayan nation.

India today said it has never shied away from dialogue with Pakistan. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup, however, said talks and terror cannot go hand in hand. Mr Swarup said, New Delhi's internal affairs are solely its own to handle and anyone trying to interfere will not change that reality. <br/><br/>Without naming Pakistan, the spokesperson said, the world has a very clear view on which country in the region covets territory of others and uses terrorism as an instrument of state policy.<br/><br/>On evacuating Indians from South Sudan, Mr Swarup said, first batch of rescued persons from that country likely to arrive Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala tomorrow morning around 6 AM.

India today said it has never shied away from dialogue with Pakistan. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup, however, said talks and terror cannot go hand in hand. Mr Swarup said, New Delhi's internal affairs are solely its own to handle and anyone trying to interfere will not change that reality. <br/>Without naming Pakistan, the spokesperson said, the world has a very clear view on which country in the region covets territory of others and uses terrorism as an instrument of state policy.<br/>On evacuating Indians from South Sudan, Mr Swarup said, first batch of rescued persons from that country likely to arrive Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala tomorrow morning around 6 AM.