India on Thursday asked Pakistan to address core issues, including involving the provision of relevant documents & providing unimpeded consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav. Speaking at a weekly briefing, Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said,’ ‘We are in touch with Pakistan through diplomatic channels. We believe for a free & fair trial in keeping with the letter & spirit of ICJ [International Court of Justice] judgment in Kulbhushan Jadhav case, we have asked that Jadhav be represented by an Indian lawyer.”
”However, it is important that Pakistan needs to address the core issues; these issues involve the provision of relevant documents & providing unimpeded consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav,” Srivastava said.