No backdoor talks with India underway: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that there can be no talks with India under the current deteriorating situation between the two countries. Qureshi also asserted that there was no backdoor or diplomatic dialogue underway between Pakistan and India. "There is no possibility of a backdoor or diplomatic dialogue with India in the prevailing situation," he said. "It is not possible until the Indian atrocities are stopped in Kashmir. The circumstances are not suitable for any dialogue at the moment."

Qureshi's statement comes at a time when heavy exchange of fire between the Indian and Pakistan border security forces have intensified, leaving dozens of casualties on both sides.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has been summoning the Indian envoy to record their protest against what it calls, India's deliberate ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC).