New Delhi : Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit-159714834 Under this, a meeting of foreign ministers of the member countries of the organization will be held in the coastal state of India on May 5 and 6 in Goa. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will also travel to India to attend this meeting, but Pakistan is not expected to benefit much from this visit. According to media reports, even though Pakistan has been invited to attend the SCO summit, there is no possibility of meeting and talks between India’s Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Is equal to.
India Bluntly
According to the media report, regarding the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Pakistan has said that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend the SCO foreign ministers’ conference in Goa on May 4 and 5, his first high-level visit to the country in several years. However, India has already said bluntly that it would not be appropriate to focus on the participation of any one country in this meeting.
Eight countries of Asia-Europe in SCO
Let us tell that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a political, economic and security alliance between eight countries of Eurasia. This includes China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan joined the organization as full members in the year 2016. Earlier this week, in response to a question on Pakistani minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s visit to India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said that India is hosting a multilateral summit of which Pakistan is also a member.
Pakistan gives training in cross border terrorism Pakistan was indirectly criticized in the joint press conference. Regarding Bilawal Bhutto’s visit to India, the Foreign Minister of India had said that it is very difficult for us to associate with a neighbor who trains cross-border terrorism against us. We have always said that they have to fulfill their commitment not to encourage, sponsor or promote cross-border terrorism. We continue to hope that one day we will reach that point.
Pakistan does not want bilateral relations
Pakistan The Foreign Office announced on 22 April that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would be in Goa to attend the SCO meeting. Will travel to On the other hand, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has made it clear that he does not want bilateral relations. Responding to questions about his visit to India at a press conference in Islamabad, he said that there will be a gathering of foreign ministers and I will go there as a representative of Pakistan. He said that he would consult all political parties.
Pakistan’s intention is unlikely to be fulfilled
New Delhi For this, inviting Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is an important step in itself. This came days after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stepped up talks with India with an offer to hold talks in January. But, Pakistan’s intention is not expected to be fulfilled. A month ago, at a press conference on the sidelines of a conference on terrorism at the United Nations Security Council, Jaishankar rejected Pakistan’s allegations that Indian agencies were responsible for the explosion outside the house of Hafiz Saeed, the chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Lahore.
Political pressure on Islamabad
Islamabad has its reasons for rejecting any possibility of bilateral ties. Apart from the uncertainty over the survival of the government, there is immense pressure on it not to align with India. The government is scared of Imran Khan’s popularity. Imran Khan just recently said that the former chief of Pakistani army (2016 on him as prime minister)- General Qamar Javed Bajwa had pressed for restoration of relations with India.
159714834159714834The revelations of journalists increased the pressure on Pakistan In this context, in a television show, two senior Pakistani journalists along with General Bajwa 3558 The pressure on the government has been increased by disclosing the informal talks held together. Journalists claimed that Bajwa had said that the Pakistan Army was not capable of fighting a war against India. The journalists also discussed how Imran’s decision to resume trade with India was prompted at the last minute (on persuasion by his Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2021 thwarted the alleged plan to go to Pakistan.
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