Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to reach Islamabad today
There are strong hints that the Pakistan-India cricket series will be given the go ahead as well.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The bilateral ties between Pakistan and India that had been under strain recently have now finally started to ease up after a meeting between the heads of state of both countries and their national security advisors. The Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj will be reaching the federal capital Islamabad today (Tuesday) as the relations begin to warm up. Swaraj will be arriving in Islamabad for a 2 day visit to participate in the Heart of Asia Conference. Swaraj will also meet Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif during her visit.
Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz had earlier confirmed the expected arrival of the Indian Foreign Minister during a talk with the media. Aziz also stated that the deadlock in Pakistan India relations has eased to some extent.
The Advisor on Foreign Affairs further mentioned that there were strong hints that the Pakistan-India cricket series will be given the go ahead as well.
Sartaj Aziz said various matters with focus on resumption of composite dialogue process between the two countries will be discussed during talks with the Indian Minister.
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Analysts are calling the Indian Foreign Minister’s visit as a highly significant development in the warming of relations between the two countries after tension escalated earlier.
However the stagnation in mutual relations was not broken in a day but instead is a result of long continuous meetings between the two countries preceding the melting of diplomatic ice that had developed and after which Indian Prime (PM) Narendra Modi and his government finally to concede to Pakistan’s strong stance and motives.
The tense build of pressure finally seemed to let up after Indian PM Modi called on PM Nawaz on the sidelines of Climate Summit in Paris that was held earlier this month. A short meeting was held between the two leaders in a ‘friendly atmosphere.’
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The informal meeting with Modi came three days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan was ready for talks with India without preconditions. Speaking about the meeting, PM Nawaz stated that improvement of bilateral ties between the nations was discussed with Indian PM Modi.
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Relations between the two countries had remained sour due to periodic border skirmishes and as both sides levelled allegations of terrorism against each other and accused each other s intelligence agencies for causing instability in the region. Talks between the two states had broken down earlier this year in August.
