"Our Expectation Levels With Pakistanis Never Very High": S Jaishankar
NDTV
On Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described Bhutto-Zardari's remarks as "uncivilised" and said they were a "new low" even for Pakistan.
India's level of expectation from Pakistanis is "never very high", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today, in his first comments over the personal attack made by his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described Bhutto-Zardari's remarks as "uncivilised" and said they were a "new low" even for Pakistan.
"I think my ministry has said very clearly what we think about what he (Pakistan foreign minister) said. We said what we had to say," Mr Jaishankar said during India Today's India-Japan conclave.
When pressed further on whether he was upset over the remarks against the prime minister, Jaishankar said: "Our expectation levels with the Pakistanis are never very high."
