India invites Pakistan’s foreign minister for SCO meeting in May, according to media reports

Synopsis If Pakistan accepts, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would be its first foreign minister to visit India after a gap of nearly 12 years. Pakistan and India have fought three wars since independence from British rule in 1947. The divided Himalayan region of Kashmir was the root cause of two of those wars. India has invited Pakistan ‘s foreign minister to a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation ( SCO ) that it is hosting in May, Indian media reported on Wednesday, signalling a possible thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. The invitation came days after Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif called for talks with India over all outstanding issues, including the disputed Kashmir region. Just a month ago, there were street protests in India over comments Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari made about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of United Nations Security Council meeting. India called Zardari’s comments “uncivilised”. Foreign ministry spokespersons for the two countries did not immediately respond to requests from Reuters for comment on the media reports that Zardari had been invited to the SCO foreign ministers meeting being hosted in Goa. The SCO comprises China, India, Russia, Pakistan and… Read full this story

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