Quresh­i calls Indian behavi­our an impedi­ment to progre­ssForeign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi termed India an impediment to South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (SAARC) progress after his Indian counterpart, Sushma Swaraj, left a SAARC meeting before hearing Pakistan’s statement. Qureshi was speaking to the media after an annual ministerial meeting of SAARC on the sidelines of the 73rd UNGA. The meeting was hosted and chaired by the foreign minister of Nepal and was attended by the foreign ministers of SAARC member states. The SAARC summit has already been delayed by two years, with no end in sight,” said a statement by the Foreign Office (FO). Reacting to the cancellation of talks, FM Qureshi said India had not responded positively to Pakistan’s invitation for dialogue.

Source: The Express Tribune September 28, 2018 09:09 UTC