Daily Times

NEW DELHI: Indian Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj will meet in New York this month.

Following a letter from Prime Minister Imran Khan to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has confirmed that Qureshi and Sushma Swaraj will meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York later this month.

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The Indian spokesperson said that meeting will be held on the request of Pakistan as “India has accepted the suggestions of Pakistani Prime Minister.”

Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote a letter to his Indian counterpart and invited him to restart the dialogue between the two countries. The letter is believed to have been written in response to the Indian primer’s letter congratulating him for assuming office.

According to the media reports, PM Modi is his latter written on August 20 had called for a “meaning full and constructive” engagement between the two countries.

Dr Faisal in his tweet said “PM has responded to PM Modi in a positive spirit, reciprocating his sentiments. Let’s talk and resolve all issues. We await formal response from India.”

Imran Khan in his latter called for a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled later this month.

Prime minister said that the foreign minister of both countries should meet each other on the UNGA sideline and should also initiate dialogue resumptions.