Sushma, new Pakistan envoy held cordial meeting: Islamabad

IANS  |  Islamabad 

on Saturday said its new envoy in discussed the current state of bilateral relations with External Affairs Minister when he her earlier in the week.

"The meeting was held in a cordial and constructive atmosphere," Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said in a statement on the meeting High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood had with on October 17.

"The Minister and the High Commissioner took stock of the current state of Pakistan-India relations. While broad contours of bilateral relations were deliberated upon during this interaction, no specific case came under discussion."

In a statement, Zakaria said it is customary for newly-posted envoys to make courtesy calls on local dignitaries.

He added that "reports appearing in the Indian media are speculative".

Indian media reports had suggested that raised India's concerns over cross-border terrorism and asked to quickly bring to book the accused in the 2008 Mumbai and last year's Pathankot terror attacks.

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First Published: Sat, October 21 2017. 18:44 IST