Sushma Swaraj never had many expectations, says Pakistani Foreign Minister

A day after Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj ruled out a "Kartarpur diplomacy" could lead to a softening of ties, her Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, asked her to reconsider the possibility of a dialogue between the two nations.

the Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs once again invited the invitation to participate in Swaraj and said: "We should seek a soft landing", as a Saarc summit, if a bilateral commitment appears to be a bridge too far from India.

Swaraj, just before the foundation ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor in Pakistan, had made it clear that there would be no Saarc summit in Pakistan until the neighbor will have it. not controlled cross-border terrorism.
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She also rejected Pakistan's invitation for Wednesday's ceremony, and India instead sent trade union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri.
Qureshi said that he was "not disappointed" by Swaraj who was not attending the ceremony because he "had never had a lot of expectations" from him.

At the Kartarpur ceremony, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan declared that all actors, including the army, supported the peace process. His statement comes hours after Swaraj reiterated that terror and talks can not go hand in hand.

But when Qureshi was asked why Pakistan's so-called "bold leadership" envisioned peripheral means like Kartarpur to improve relations and not act in accordance with India's fundamental demand – a decisive action against the 26/11 Mumbai attacks the Hafiz Saeed brain – bold leadership was required on both sides.

"For this, it is necessary to have legally valid evidence. This is a legal dispute, so I do not want to talk about it, "he said.

Imran Khan's remarks on Wednesday also highlighted the many obstacles to be overcome between the substantial talks between India and Pakistan while he was training in the Kashmir case during the groundbreaking ceremony. Kartarpur. He also asked whether peace should wait until Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu becomes the Indian Prime Minister.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it was deeply regrettable that Mr. Khan chose to politicize this "godly occasion" by making an unjustified reference to Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral and inalienable part of l & # 39; India.

"Pakistan is reminded of the need to fulfill its international obligations and to take effective and credible measures to stop providing shelter and all kinds of support for cross-border terrorism from the territories under its control," said the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Foreign.