India refutes Pak claim of Modi offering talks in letter to Imran

Pakistani Foreign Minister SM Qureshi claimed on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an offer of talks in his letter to newly-elected Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

But citing sources Indian media reported that the letter written by PM Modi to his Pakistani counterpart was congratulatory in nature and contained no such proposal, according to Statesman.

India has reportedly rejected any possibility of dialogue unless Pakistan makes a complete clampdown on terror emanating from its soil.

While addressing the media at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Qureshi, who took oath of office as part of Khan's cabinet, said, "Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to PM Imran Khan in which he indicated the beginning of talks between the two countries."

He said that there was need for "continued, uninterrupted dialogue" between the two neighbours but did not forget to raise the Kashmir issue.

"India and Pakistan have to move forward keeping realities before them," he asserted adding that the issues between the two nations are "complicated and we may face hurdles in resolving them".

"We will have to admit that we are facing problems, we must admit that Kashmir is a reality," he said.