No Modi-Imran Khan meet planned at SCO meet: MEA

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jun 6, 2019, 16:26 IST

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To the best of my knowledge, no meeting has been planned between PM Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan at the SCO Summit: Raveesh Kumar
Both Modi and Khan are scheduled to attend the annual SCO summit on June 13-14

NEW DELHI: Prime Minster Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan are not likely to meet on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek next week.

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"To the best of my knowledge, no meeting has been planned between PM Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan at the SCO Summit in Bishkek," Raveesh Kumar, the spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs, told reporters at a press meet on Thursday.
Both Modi and Khan are scheduled to attend the annual SCO summit on June 13-14.
Tensions between the two countries worsened after the

Pulwama terror attack

in February this year. Both the countries were almost on the brink of a war after India's military planes

struck a terrorist training camp in Pakistan's Balakot

on February 26. In response, Pakistan carried out a counter-offensive the next day.

Breaking the ice in bilateral ties,

Khan on May 26 spoke to Modi

on phone and expressed his desire to work together for peace and prosperity in the region.
Modi on his part called for creating trust and an environment free of violence and terrorism for fostering peace and prosperity in the region.