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Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar’s visit to Pakistan can become special in many ways. This visit of the External Affairs Minister is the first visit of a top Indian leader to Pakistan after 106 months. Earlier in December 2015, the then External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had visited Pakistan.
S. Jaishankar (file)
– Photo: X/Jaishankar
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The bitterness in the relations between India and Pakistan is not hidden from anyone. During the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there have been only two high-profile occasions when the country’s top leadership visited neighboring country Pakistan. The first occasion was the visit of PM Modi himself when he suddenly reached out to the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his first term. After this, the then External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Pakistan. After Sushma’s visit to Pakistan in December 2009, there was not a single occasion when an Indian Union Minister or top leadership visited Pakistan. Now Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar is going to visit Pakistan on 15-16 October. This opportunity is coming after almost nine years i.e. 106 months.
Apart from India, leaders of these countries will also reach Pakistan.
In fact, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday that India will be represented by Foreign Minister Jaishankar in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Islamabad. He told that a delegation will accompany Foreign Minister Jaishankar on his visit to Pakistan. Let us tell you that the SCO summit is proposed in Islamabad on 15-16 October. Apart from India and Pakistan, top leaders of Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will also participate in this meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.