Islamabad: Notwithstanding India's demand for imposing international sanctions against Pakistan for its support to cross-border terrorism in Kashmir, Islamabad accused New Delhi of pursuing "coercive Diplomacy" and said bilateral talks are the only solution to resolve outstanding issues.

"India is still caught in the mindset of coercive Diplomacy," Pakistan's Foreign Office Spokesman Aziz Ahmed Khan told reporters while reacting to Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha's call to the international community to impose sanctions against Pakistan for facilitating infiltration of militants across the Line of Control.

On Sinha's interview to BBC in which he accused Pakistan of continuing permitting infiltration of militants, Khan said, "Pakistan has repeated time and again that there has been no cross-border movement and what is going on in Kashmir is an indigenous freedom struggle."

Khan said that while Indian leaders made "hostile" statements against Pakistan, the new Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri spoke of a desire to have good relations with all countries including India.

Pakistan had always asked for solution of disputes through peaceful means and "does not want to resort to tactics of coercion" and hoped that India would respond positively as the new government takes over the administration, he said.

Referring to the Kashmir dispute, he said, "Talks are the only solution, and added that Pakistan wanted good neighbourly relations with all countries."

PTI