New Delhi, October 14
As Pakistan’s efforts to seek the United Nations’ intervention on the Jammu & Kashmir issue came a cropper, India today rejected any third-party mediation even as senior military officers on either side discussed the state of affairs along the Line of Control and the International Border.

Reports from the UN said the issue failed to elicit any response from the world body, which reiterated that New Delhi and Islamabad resolve differences through dialogue and find a solution to the dispute.

Referring to the recent border flare-up and firing, Sartaj Aziz, National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Pakistan Prime Minister, wrote to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seeking UN intervention. In response to a question on the issue, deputy spokesperson for Ban was quoted by PTI from the UN, telling correspondents that the Secretary General had in a statement last week encouraged India and Pakistan to resolve all differences through dialogue and engage constructively to find a long-term solution for peace and stability in Kashmir.

In New Delhi, the External Affairs Ministry made light of Islamabad’s attempt to reach out the UN underscoring that there was no place for a third-party intervention in bilateral relations. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said India held the view that all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, would have to be addressed within the agreed framework of 1972 Simla Agreement and the 1999 Lahore Declaration.

“The road runs from Islamabad to New Delhi via Lahore…if you divert to New York [United Nations headquarters] or elsewhere [it] will not serve any purpose…there is no place for third party in India-Pakistan relations,” Akbaruddin said.

India said if Pakistan was serious about dialogue, any diversionary tactic would not help and it was for Islamabad to de-escalate the situation and restore peace and tranquility on the border and end sponsoring terrorism.

Today, Additional Director Generals of Military Operations of India and Pakistan discussed the ceasefire violations in the last fortnight from across the border in J&K. Every Tuesday, the DGMOs of the two countries take up the issues faced by the two sides.