On Friday, Indian media quoted former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as saying that India’s foreign minister’s visit to Pakistan this week was a “good beginning” that may improve relations.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attended a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Pakistan on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the capital city under lockdown.
“This advances talks. Sharif, the brother of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League — Nawaz (PML-N), told visiting Indian journalists that talks should continue, the Indian Express reported.
Jaishankar was one of nearly a dozen dignitaries who met in Islamabad, nearly a decade since an Indian foreign minister visited amid tense relations between the two nuclear powers.
On Thursday, a Pakistani foreign ministry official stated Jaishankar and Ishaq Dar had a “informal interaction,” but New Delhi denied it.
“We made it clear that this visit is for SCO head of government meeting. In addition, there were some niceties exchanged outside the meeting, Indian foreign ministry spokeswoman Randhir Jaiswal said Thursday.
“We have lost the last 75 years and it is important we don’t lose the next 75 years,” Sharif told the Times of India.
India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, visited Pakistan for a meeting of governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Tuesday and Wednesday. The visit was seen as a “good beginning” and could lead to a thaw in relations between the two nuclear powers.
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