External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has brushed-off the possibility of a bilateral cricket series between India and Pakistan, even at a neutral venue.

At a meeting of Parliament’s consultative committee on external affairs, Swaraj said high incidents of cross-border breaches by Pakistan mean the environment is not “conducive” to cricket diplomacy.

During the meeting, Swaraj also asserted that she had met Pakistan’s representative to India and proposed to him that both the nations should release the prisoners who are above 70 years of age or women or of unsound mind as part of philanthropic aspect of the relationship, a member who was present in the meeting said. The agenda of the meeting was ‘Relationship with the Neighbourhood’.

The two arch-rivals last participated in a bilateral series in December 2012 when Pakistan visited India for a limited overs series that included three One-Day Internationals (ODI) and two Twenty20 Internationals.

India has not played Pakistan in a full bilateral series since 2007 when Pakistan visited India to play five ODIs and a one-off Test match. Earlier this year, the BCCI had also requested the ICC not to put the two teams in the same group in multi-nation tournaments.