ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday said that its Foreign Minister will be
travelling to India next month to take forward the bilateral peace
process.
“What we can deliver at this stage is that our Foreign
Minister will be visiting New Delhi in July,” Pakistan High
Commissioner to India Shahid Malik was quoted as saying by PTI
On the ongoing Foreign Secretary-level talks, Mr. Malik said, “they are going well.”
Pakistan
currently has Hina Rabbani Khar as Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs. But there are reports that Pakistan government has decided to
elevate her to full-fledged cabinet rank ahead of crucial talks with
India next month.
Even without elevation, India has already
expressed its view that it will not have any hesitation in hosting Ms.
Rabbani for the Foreign Minister-level talks in July.
There has
been a series of meetings between the two neighbours and the ongoing
two-day Foreign Secretary-level talks is part of the preparation for
the next month’s meeting.
In preceding month, both countries have held a series of meetings on peace and security and Confidence Building Measures. Online
