No dialogue with Pakistan if ceasefire violation continues, warns Arun Jaitley

In a stern warning to Pakistan, India on Sunday said there cannot be a dialogue with Islamabad if ceasefire violations are repeated.

‘...if repeated ceasefire violations take place then environment for dialogue itself suffers,’ defence minister Arun Jaitley, who is also holding the portfolio of the Finance Ministry, said at the India Global Forum meeting.

‘Yes, there should be a dialogue. We will welcome it but then the environment for dialogue has to be created by both countries. One of them cannot upset the environment and then say why dialogue is not taking place,’ Jaitley said.

The dialogue process was derailed after Pakistan envoy met Kashmiri separatists just a day before the foreign secretary level talks in August.