ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has convened a high-level meeting with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and senior officials of the Foreign Office to review Pakistan’s ties with India.
The prime minister will take a holistic review of the current status of the relationship between the two countries after recent developments. Earlier this month, the military leaders of Pakistan and India had agreed to maintain a ceasefire on the Line of Control and other sectors and then Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a letter to PM Khan, wishing him on Pakistan Day.
Prime Minister Imran Khan also responded to his Indian counterpart PM Narendra Modi’s letter expressing a desire for peace in the region.
Today’s meeting is being held in the backdrop of the Federal Cabinet decision deferring resumption of trade ties after the Economic Coordination Committee’s proposal to import sugar and cotton via the Wagah Border.
According to the sources a decision will be taken regarding the scope of ties with India after the briefing. “Decision has also been taken to constitute a cabinet committee for issues relating to trade with India which would give its recommendations on the matter,” sources said.
The members of the body would be announced later, it said.
