No meeting with FM Jaishankar in Tajikistan ‘finalised or requested’ yet: Pak FM Qureshi

While both India and Pakistan’s foreign ministers are attending the ‘Heart of Asia’ conference in Tajikistan on Tuesday, Pakistan’s Shah Mahmood Qureshi said no meeting with his Indian counterpart has been ‘finalised or requested’ yet.

Pakistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday that no meeting with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in Tajikistan has so far been “finalised or requested”. Both ministers are attending the ‘Heart of Asia’ conference in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, on Tuesday. Touchdown in Dushanbe.Look forward to my bilateral visit and attending the Heart of Asia Conference tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/MWSqDl9FTJ It was being speculated that the two might meet on the sidelines of the conference, given the Pakistan army’s recent peace overtures. The HoA-IP ministerial conference is a part of the Istanbul Process a regional security and cooperation initiative for stability and peace in Afghanistan. It was launched in November 2011 in Turkey.