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Jaishankar has said that during his visit to Pakistan he will not talk about the relations between the two countries.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, who is going to Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting, said on Saturday that he is not going there to hold any kind of talks with the neighboring country.
While addressing an event in Delhi, Jaishankar said that the only reason for his going to Pakistan was the SCO meeting. This is a multilateral event. They will not discuss India-Pakistan relations there.
The Foreign Minister said, “Being a good member of SCO, I am going to attend the meeting in Pakistan. I am a decent man so I will behave well when I go there.” Apart from this, Jaishankar also held Pakistan responsible for SAARC not being active.
Jaishankar will visit Pakistan on 15-16 October.
Jaishankar said – SAARC is not able to move forward because of Pakistan He said, “SAARC is not moving forward at the moment. We have not held any meeting of it for years. There is only one reason for this and that is that one member of the organization is carrying out terrorist attacks on the other. Terrorism is an issue which cannot be ignored. There can be no compromise. If this continues then we cannot take SAARC forward.”
SAARC organization was created to coordinate among South Asian countries. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka are its member countries. However, due to differences between India and Pakistan, the organization is not able to function properly. This raises questions about its importance.
Jaishankar will visit Pakistan on 15-16 October Foreign Minister Jaishankar will visit Pakistan on 15-16 October. He will attend the SCO Heads of Government (CHG) meeting in Islamabad. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had given this information on Friday (October 4). This will be the first time that an Indian minister will visit Pakistan since Sushma Swaraj's visit in 2015.
Actually, Pakistan had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the SCO meeting on August 29. Pakistan's Foreign Department spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch had said that invitations have been sent to the heads of all member countries to participate in the meeting.
After the invitation from Pakistan, on August 30, Jaishankar had given a statement on the relations between the two countries. He had said-
The phase of talks with Pakistan is over. There is a time for everything, every work reaches its end. Article 370 has been removed from Jammu and Kashmir, the issue is over. Now why should we consider any relationship with Pakistan?
The picture is from 2015, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Lahore, Pakistan on a surprise visit.
Tension increased between India and Pakistan after Uri attack In 2016, four terrorists disguised as Indian soldiers entered the Brigade Headquarters of the Indian Army in Uri. Within 3 minutes the terrorists had thrown more than 15 grenades at the camp. 19 soldiers of the Indian Army were martyred in this attack.
To respond to the attack, the Indian Army entered PoK and carried out a surgical strike on the night of 28-29 September. The Indian Army returned after completing the operation by early morning. 38 terrorists were killed in this attack. Since then, tension had increased in the relations between the two countries.
Pakistani artists and their films also started being boycotted in India. The Indian cricket team also last went to Pakistan to play a match in 2008. There has been no high-level meeting between India and Pakistan since the removal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir in 2019.
