Pakistan's Foreign Office has sharply condemned comments made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who declared there would be "no talks with Pakistan" and claimed that Azad Jammu and Kashmir (the Pakistan-administered portion of the disputed Himalayan region) was "illegally occupied" by Islamabad. The Foreign Office called Singh's remarks "highly provocative and irresponsible," saying they distorted the internationally recognised status of the Kashmir dispute and warned that Pakistan's resolve to "thwart any Indian adventurism" should not be underestimated. The exchange comes months after a brief but serious military conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in May 2025, triggered by an attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, and underscores continuing tensions over the decades-long territorial dispute.