Sushma Swaraj also said India intends to "remain engaged with China on the issue of trans-border rivers to safeguard our interest, including through an institutionalised expert-level mechanism which was established in 2006".
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted that the Minister got a "warm welcome" in Thailand -- "our geographic, historic and cultural neighbour".
Sushma Swaraj, in her reply to a question, said: "It is often asked why Hindi is not an official language in the UN. Today, I will want to tell the House, the biggest problem is the procedure."
Responding to a query on India-Pakistan cricket series on a neutral venue, the external affairs minister hinted that it seemed unlikely until Pakistan stopped cross-border terrorism and firing, the member said.
According to reports, the four Indians were on board a merchant vessel and were caught by the authorities there as they were looking for the ship for an earlier crime. Sharma and Kumar are from Himachal Pradesh.
Swaraj said that removal of the 'mangalsutra' was a height of disrespect as Jadhav's mother had told the Pakistani officials that it was symbol of marriage, but they did not relent.
Making a statement in the RS and LS, Sushma Swaraj said in the name of security, Pakistani authorities forced his mother and wife to change clothes and take off their jewellery, including the 'mangalsutra', and bindi.
According to some Pakistani scribes, the country’s foreign ministry reportedly sent a thank you note to the journalists for a “job well done”.
Speaking in Rajya Sabha, Swaraj said that in the name of security, Pakistani authorities forced his mother and wife to change clothes and take off their jewellery, including the 'mangalsutra', and bindi.
Addressing the Upper House of Parliament, Swaraj said that the meeting was nothing like a humanitarian gesture as human rights of the family members were violated again and again and an environment of fear was created for them.
India on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for the manner in which the meeting between Jadhav and his wife and mother were conducted, saying Islamabad "violated the letter and spirit of our understandings" over the meeting.
Kulbhushan Jadhav's family met him at the heavily guarded building of the Pakistani foreign office.
Urgent steps were taken to arrange for DNA samples of the family members of the missing Indians to assist the Iraqi authorities in their investigations.
India on Tuesday said it will take up with Islamabad reports that some members of the Sikh community were forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan.
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