MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We have a long-standing national position that any issues pertaining to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have to be addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally.
The assertion came as Donald Trump, at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, once again reiterated his offer to 'help' on the Kashmir issue, saying the US was 'watching and closely following' the developments in the Valley.
US President Donald Trump had last week, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, tried to play the peacemaker offering to help with 'arbitration or mediation' in the Kashmir issue.
Ahead of his bilateral with PM Modi, Trump had said that Modi is perfectly capable of handling Pakistan-sponsored terror, and urged both sides to sit down and talk.
India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of Article 370 to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was an internal matter and also advised Pakistan to accept the reality.
