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The main federal government on Friday revealed that EAM Jaishankar will certainly take a trip to Pakistan to go to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government Summit in Islamabad on October 15 and 16
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar claimed on Saturday that he will certainly not go over relationships in between India and Pakistan throughout the SCO Summit, which will certainly be kept in Islamabad in mid-October
The main federal government on Friday revealed that EAM Jaishankar will certainly take a trip to Pakistan to go to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government Summit in Islamabad on October 15 and 16.
“I’m not going there to discuss India-Pakistan relations. I’m going there to be a good member of the SCO,” the international preacher claimed.
He included, “Since I’m a courteous and civil person, I will behave myself accordingly.”
#WATCH|Delhi: On his approaching browse through to Pakistan to go to the SCO top, EAM Dr S Jaishankar states, “…It (visit) will be for a multilateral event. I’m not going there to discuss India-Pakistan relations. I’m going there to be a good member of the SCO. But, you know, since I’m… pic.twitter.com/XAK2Hg3qSX
— ANI (@ANI) October 5, 2024
The last Indian external affairs minister to visit Pakistan was Sushma Swaraj. She had travelled to Islamabad in December 2015 to attend a conference on Afghanistan.
The announcement on Jaishankar’s visit to Pakistan was made by MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal who highlighted that the minister will only be travelling to the neighbouring country for the SCO Summit.
In August, Pakistan invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the SCO’s summit.
Jaishankar’s visit to Pakistan assumes significance as it is seen as a major decision on New Delhi’s part.
The decision to send the senior minister is seen as a display of India’s commitment to the SCO which has been playing a key role in boosting regional security cooperation.
Meanwhile, the last Pakistani minister to travel to India was the former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto who visited Goa in 2023 to attend an SCO meeting. It was the first visit of a Pakistani foreign minister to India in almost 12 years.
With inputs from PTI
