Call on India-Pakistan foreign secretary talks only after Pathankot operations over: Jaitley

NEW DELHI: India will decide on going ahead with the foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan scheduled later this month only after operations to flush out terrorists from the IAF base at Pathankot is over, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday. "I think let the operations get over and it is only then government takes a view on such matters," he told reporters after the National Security Council meeting presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the terror attack among other issues. Jaitley was asked about the impact of the terror attack on the planned India-Pakistan talks. Asked about the identity of the terrorists, he said, "I think we are at a stage where operations is still on (and) therefore it is not proper for me to say anything more than that." Jaitley said combing operations take time as the Base is a large complex with a 24-km long circumference.