Pakistan, which holds the rotating chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), is scheduled to host the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) in in Islamabad for October this year, Geo News reported.
He called it "important" that India clearly conveys to the Pakistani government that this is only a multilateral meeting and no bilateral discussions will take place between two nations.
Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal while addressing a weekly media briefing on Friday confirmed the invitation by Islamabad and noted that the MEA has no update to share.
Pakistan has extended a formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting, scheduled for October this year in Islamabad.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State summit in Astana on Thursday.
Reiterating its strong stand against terrorism, India also stressed that the SCO member states must unite in the fight against terrorism and there should be no place for "double standards."
Randhir Jaiswal said that Dammu Ravi, during his visit, is also expected to hold meetings with counterparts from SCO member states and senior officials of the Kazakhstan government.
In his address at the Shanghai Cooperation (SCO) meeting on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated Beijing's stand of enhancing Belt and Road cooperation.
Speaking on 'Foreign Policy of Modi Government,' he said, "I would have offered to take classes on China from Rahul Gandhi but I discovered he was taking classes on China from the Chinese ambassador," responding to the Congress leader's criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government
Lavrov while speaking to reporters after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting, claimed that there is convincing evidence to the "effect that the United States supports the terrorist groups entrenched in the territory of Afghanistan".
Interacting with the Pakistani media in Goa he said, "India, as a chair's responsibility as far as CFM is concerned, Dr Jaishankar completely stood in his responsibility. He met everybody the same way. There wasn't any distinction. The way that Pakistan was treated and anybody else was treat
Lambasting Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for his "weaponising terrorism" remarks, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that it means "they think terrorism is legitimate" and that India is politically, diplomatically exposing Pakistan before the world as it