India asks Pakistan to vacate illegally occupied parts of J & K

New Delhi: Hitting out at Pakistan, India on Thursday, asked to vacate the parts of Jammu and Kashmir which it has illegally occupied.

India also said that Pakistan does not needlessly internationalise the issue.

"Pakistan needs to vacate its illegal occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir," said MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup. He was asked to respond to a conference held in Pakistan on the Kashmir issue.

We also stress that there are no global dimensions of the Kashmir issue except in the minds of those who seek to needlessly internationalise a bilateral matter," Swarup added.