United Nations: Pakistan has declared that it won't give up consulting Kashmiri separatists in order to hold talks with India -- a condition that India promptly rejected at the General Assembly here on Wednesday.

Asserting that consultations with separatists is essential for peacefully solving the Kashmir dispute, Pakistan's Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi said, "Calling for the termination of these consultations, as a precondition for dialogue is unacceptable as well as counterproductive."