Pakistan's "mango diplomacy" found no takers in several countries, including the United States and China, which declined to accept the fruits citing their coronavirus quarantine regulations, news agency ANI has reported. According to ANI, Pakistan's Foreign Office (FO) sent boxes of the fruit to heads of more than 32 countries on Wednesday but the US and China among others have declined to accept them. The newspaper also said Pakistan's Foreign Office also listed French president Emmanuel Macron among the recipients but Paris hasn't responded. Pakistan sends India mangoes as well. In 2015, Pakistan's then prime minister Nawaz Sharif sent mangoes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then president Pranab Mukherjee, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi in a bid to promote goodwill between the two countries.

Source: Hindustan Times June 13, 2021 03:22 UTC