Jaishankar lands in Pakistan amid chill in Indo-Pak ties
Amid strain in Indo-Pak ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Pakistan Tuesday evening to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of Government meeting.
Amid strain in Indo-Pak ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Pakistan Tuesday evening to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of Government meeting.
Ahead of his visit to Pakistan for the SCO Heads of Government meeting on October 15-16, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said he is not going to Islamabad to discuss "India-Pakistan relations" but to attend a multilateral event. He said he is travelling to Pakistan only to be a "good member of the SCO".
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is here to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM)
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Bilawal would attend the meeting at the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
The invitation includes invites to the new Foreign Minister of China Qin Gang and Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto. India took over the chairmanship of the 9-member mega grouping in September of last year and will be holding key ministerial meetings and the summit this year.
The two countries are expected to consolidate the dialogue at the highest level after the installation of a new government in India.
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