External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday denied meeting former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the recently-concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Islamabad.
"I am a good SCO member. We were very supportive and wanted the proceeding to be smooth. Haath milaya aur aa gaye wapis (shook hands and came back)," he said at the NDTV World Summit 2024.
S Jaishankar was referring to a brief interaction with Mr Sharif at an official dinner held for all the summit attendees. The two leaders shook hands and exchanged a courtesy greeting as Mr Sharif welcomed Mr Jaishankar for the official dinner for SCO leaders. Few words were spoken during the interaction that lasted less than twenty seconds.
The Union Minister's Pakistan visit for the first by an Indian minister in nearly ten years. The last visit by an Indian foreign minister was by Sushma Swaraj.
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