Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spent a quiet Wednesday morning in Islamabad taking a morning stroll with Indian diplomats and planting a sapling on the Indian Excessive Fee premises. Jaishankar is within the Pakistani capital to attend the SCO Summit, turning into the primary International Minister to go to the neighboring nation in 9 years.
Jaishankar shared a photograph of him carrying a bottle inexperienced long-sleeved T-shirt and sweatpants and taking a morning stroll with diplomats from the Indian Excessive Fee in Islamabad. “A morning stroll together with colleagues from the @IndiainPakistan crew at our Excessive Fee campus,” he tweeted.
He additionally put up a put up during which he’s seen planting an Arjuna sapling within the presence of Indian diplomats on the Excessive Fee premises. “An Arjuna sapling at @IndiainPakistan premises is one other dedication to #Plant4Mother,” he wrote.
Jaishankar heads the Indian delegation on the SCO Summit on the Jinnah Conference Heart at the moment. On Tuesday, the International Minister met Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif throughout a casual dinner hosted by the latter. Each leaders shook arms and exchanged greetings.
No bilateral talks are deliberate between Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar on the sidelines of the SCO Summit as ties between the 2 neighbors stay chilled over cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
On Tuesday, Jaishankar landed on the Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, making him the primary Indian international minister to go to the nation in 9 years. The final international minister to go to Pakistan was Sushma Swaraj.
Different leaders of SCO member states attending the summit embrace Chinese language Prime Minister Li Qiang, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Tajik Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda, the Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, the Chairman of the Cupboard of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Zhaparov Akylbek and the First Vice President of Iran, Mohammad Reza Aref.
India has made it clear to Pakistan earlier that terrorism and talks can not go collectively and deliberations to renew bilateral relations can solely occur in a conducive environment.
