NEW DELHI (AP) — India has only “paused” its military action and will “retaliate on its own terms” if there is any future terror attack on the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday in his first public comments since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire over the weekend.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) reaffirmed India's longstanding policy that all matters concerning Jammu and Kashmir are strictly bilateral between India and Pakistan, excluding any third-party involvement.