Pranab: No troop pull-out

India has said there can be no pull-out of troops from Jammu and Kashmir unless violence ends there and a similar disengagement in the Siachen glacier can be undertaken only when delineation on the troop positions is carried out.

"I don't think there can be a pull-out unless violence is stopped," Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.

Commented when asked about the demand for reduction of troops made by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.

"If there is no terrorist activity, there is no reason for the armed forces to be there," he said in an interview to The Week magazine.

On proposals to pull back in the Siachen glacier, Mukherjee said the disagreement was that while India wants there should be delineation on the map showing the position of the troops before the pull-back, the Pakistanis did not feel this was necessary.