S Jaishankar visit to Islamabad | Pakistan rules out bilateral talks with India at upcoming SCO Summit | World News
Jaishankar’s Pakistan visit: Last week, Jaishankar firmly said that there would be no talks on India-Pakistan issues during his visit to Islamabad. While addressing a gathering, he remarked, “I have a planned visit to Pakistan for the SCO summit in mid-October. It is a summit of Heads of Government. I am not going there to discuss India-Pakistan relations. I am attending as a responsible member of the SCO.”
Jaishankar’s visit holds significance as it marks the first time in nine years that an Indian external affairs minister will travel to Pakistan.(Photo: TV9 Network)
New Delhi: Pakistan has dismissed the possibility of holding bilateral talks with India during the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, where India’s external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, is set to represent the country. Jaishankar, leading a delegation of the Indian government, will visit Islamabad for the multilateral event. Recently, Jaishankar clarified that his trip is solely for the SCO summit and not intended for bilateral discussions with Pakistan.
This visit holds significance as it marks the first time in nine years that an Indian external affairs minister will travel to Pakistan. The last visit was made by then-external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in 2015. Addressing questions about Jaishankar’s upcoming visit, Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, referred to Jaishankar’s earlier comments, stating, “I would like to draw your attention to the remarks made by the Indian foreign minister on October 5, where he clearly mentioned that his upcoming visit to Islamabad is for a multilateral event, not for discussions on India-Pakistan relations. His comments are self-explanatory.”
‘That there would be no talks on India-Pakistan issues’
Last week, Jaishankar firmly said that there would be no talks on India-Pakistan issues during his visit to Islamabad. While addressing a gathering, he remarked, “I have a planned visit to Pakistan for the SCO summit in mid-October. It is a summit of Heads of Government. I am not going there to discuss India-Pakistan relations. I am attending as a responsible member of the SCO.”
Relations between India and Pakistan are currently at a historic low. In 2019, following India’s revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan downgraded its diplomatic ties with New Delhi. Tensions between the two countries had already escalated after India conducted airstrikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot, Pakistan, in February 2019, in response to the Pulwama terror attack. The attack in Pulwama had resulted in the death of over 40 Indian soldiers.
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