India has said that the Kashmir issue can only be discussed under the framework for dialogue agreed with Pakistan. Reacting to Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif's request to US President Barack Obama to take up the Kashmir issue with the Indian leadership during his visit to India in January next year, the External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said that the framework for achieving those cooperative and peaceful ties is already specified and agreed to between the two countries as part of the Simla Agreement and reiterated much later during the Lahore declaration between former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Mr Sharif. He said any deviation from this path is not going to lead to a common destination. The Pakistan Premier on Friday had asked US President to take up the Kashmir issue with the Modi government when he travels to India in January next year to be the chief guest for the Republic Day celebration.