India today said it has never shied away from dialogue with Pakistan. Responding to a media query, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in New Delhi, it is for Pakistan to create atmosphere conducive for talks. He said, talks and terror cannot go hand in hand.<br/><br/>Replying to a query on Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif convening a Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Kashmir, Mr Swarup said, Pakistan has no locus standi in India's internal affairs. <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/>Asked about summoning of Indian High Commissioner by the Pakistan Foreign Office, Mr Swarup said, a demarche was made on him on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the High Commissioner had responded that the matter is a domestic issue. <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, 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.