Watch: Jaishankar in Pakistan | An ice-breaker for ties?
The Hindu
This week WorldView comes to you from Pakistan. S. Jaishankar traveled to Islamabad for the SCO and meetings with Pakistan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
This week WorldView comes to you from Pakistan. S. Jaishankar traveled to Islamabad for the SCO and meetings with Pakistan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.
Dr. Jaishankar’s visit to Pakistan for one of many firsts:
- First visit by any Indian minister since 2016- when Home Minister Rajnath Singh attended the SAARC meet
- First visit by an Indian Foreign Minister since 2015- when EAM Sushma Swaraj attended the Heart of Asia conference
- Jaishankar’s first visit since December 2015, when EAM Sushma Swaraj and PM Modi visited
What happened at the SCO?
Now the SCO meeting itself was not the highest level, but Heads of Govt level of the 10 SCO countries Russia, China 4 Central Asian States Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Iran, Belarus, Pakistan and India.