Amid a spike in tensions at the Line of Control(LoC) and the border in Jammu and Kashmir, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid also said the priority today is that the ceasefire violations must stop, noting there was a sense of disappointment in India over the recent Pakistani actions.
He said that "air needs to clear" before India can give its response to holding of talks with Pakistan.
"It is not possible to respond to something given in the atmosphere today. There is a sense of disappointment. We have lost our men on the border, we are still in a state of shock and grieving," he told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
Khurshid said the priority today was that ceasefire violations must stop.
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"The priority today is that first ceasefire violations must stop. It is important that we get peace and tranquillity on the Line of Control (LoC) and border, it is the highest priority.
There has been escalation in border tension due to firing and ceasefire violations by Pakistan, especially after the killing of five Indian soldiers along the LoC) in Poonch district nearly a week ago.
Earlier, while delivering the CUTS 30th Anniversary Lecture on 'India's Economic Integration with Asia', Khurshid said that India needs to have cognitive and accommodative conversation with China.
"The conversation should be in a voice which has strength, effectiveness, confidence and belief and not a meek voice. The conversation should be accommodative from time to time with domestic need," he said.
He said India was already exploring in South China sea where it had commercial contracts with Vietnam and other countries of the region.
"We are not involved in a dispute in South China Sea. We believe that it should be settled bilaterally between countries which have different points of view. It should be done peacefully and within the four corners of the code of conduct that ASEAN is developing for South China sea," he said.