In some tough-talking, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon told his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir that these concerns of New Delhi must be addressed.

After the fifth round of the Indo-Pak composite dialogue on peace and security, Jammu and Kashmir and other Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), Menon told reporters that the composite dialogue process was under stress.

He said the talks were happening at a ‘difficult time of our relationship with Pakistan’ following the return of democracy there.

"Unfortunately, there have been several issues in the recent past which have vitiated the atmosphere and the composite dialogue process is under stress," Menon said.

In this context, he referred to the recent violations of the ceasefire along the LoC, cross-border terrorism and incitement of violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

"There have been public statements by some leaders in Pakistan, who are reverting to the old polemics," Menon said, adding all these things had culminated into the suicide bombing at the Indian embassy in Kabul in which over 40 people, including Indian Defence Attache, and other employees of the mission, were killed.