Pakistan, India FMs’ presence in UAE sets off speculations
FM Qureshi arrives in the Gulf country on Saturday on a three-day official visit, confirms FO
ISLAMABAD:
The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India will be in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tomorrow (Sunday), setting off speculations the top diplomats may meet as part of efforts to seek rapprochement.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrived in the UAE on Saturday on a three-day official visit, confirmed the Foreign Office in a statement.
The moment Qureshi landed in the Gulf country, the Indian government announced that External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar would be in Abu Dhabi for a day trip on April 18.
FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi leaves for three-day UAE trip
Pakistan
Sat, Apr 17, 2021
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi left for a three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday.
His visit comes two days after Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba said Pakistani and Indian officials had travelled to Dubai for backdoor negotiations.
FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi s agenda
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement detailing the FM s plans on the UAE visit.
He will hold talks with the UAE s counterpart on the entire spectrum of bilateral relations and regional situation.
The Foreign Minister will also meet Pakistani community in the Emirate besides interacting with the local and international media.
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi leaves for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today (Saturday).
This would be Qureshi’s first official visit to the Emirates in the backdrop of confirmation by the Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba, who said Pakistani and Indian officials had travelled to Dubai for backdoor negotiations.
Sources told The News that Qureshi was also expected to travel to Tehran and Turkey. Meanwhile, earlier when the Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafiz Chaudhry was asked at the weekly media briefing about Ambassador Otaiba’s statement, We wish to get their bilateral ties back to a healthy, functional relationship,” he responded positively.
Pakistan still ready to engage with India on Kashmir problem, FO spokesperson reiterates
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Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. Photo: ForeignOfficePk/ Twitter
Pakistan will be happy to host Modi, says FO spokesperson in offer to India again for a dialogue on Kashmir
Chaudhri saiys Pakistan ready to engage with India and hold talks, but only after New Delhi takes some steps which he did not elaborate upon.
India has vitiated the atmosphere, and the onus is on it to create an enabling and conducive environment for talks, says FO spokesperson.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has again offered India a dialogue to find a solution to the Kashmir problem.
Russian FM due in Islamabad today
FO says talks to cover entire gamut of bilateral relations, regional and international issues
Russia s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference following a meeting with European Union s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Moscow, Russia February 5, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will arrive here on a two-day visit on Tuesday (today), on trip aimed at further deepening and broadening the relationship between Islamabad and Moscow, the Foreign Office announced on Monday.
Lavrov, who will be accompanied by the Russia’s Special Envoy on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, will be flying in to Islamabad from New Delhi, in a move suggesting that Moscow is no longer considering India as its only ally in the region.