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Pakistan will invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the summit of the Association for Regional Cooperation of South Asia (Saarc), said Tuesday the spokesman of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Faisal, while the Punjab State Minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu, had arrived in the country for the opening ceremony. Corridor of Kartarpur.
Speaking at an event in Islamabad, Faisal referred to the invitation of the Indian Prime Minister to the Saarc Summit, to be held in Islamabad in 2016 but was canceled after New Delhi withdrew after Uri terrorist attack. led by terrorists based in Pakistan.
There has been no official response from India. Requests to the Department of External Affairs (MEA) remained unanswered.
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, who requested anonymity, said that India had still not received an official invitation. The official said, however, that the timing of the meeting was uncertain. He pointed out that the Saarc summits are usually held in November, but this year is almost over and Bangladesh will go to the polls in December. Next year, India will vote in general elections. An official at the Prime Minister's office also confirmed that Prime Minister Modi had still not received an invitation.
After the release of India from the eight-member Saarc bloc summit two years ago, citing Pakistan's badistance to terrorists, Afghanistan and Bhutan. and Bangladesh has also decided not to participate. According to the rules, if even a head of state or government decides not to participate in the summit, the summit must be postponed.