US EditionJaishankar 'Exchanges Greetings' with Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka: Yunus Shares Pics
- On Wednesday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar briefly met Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, in Dhaka on the sidelines of Khaleda Zia's funeral, officials said this was the first high-level interaction since Operation Sindoor.
- Officials said the exchange was a customary protocol exchange at a multilateral state funeral and not a sign of dialogue, noting no formal meeting or bilateral discussion was scheduled in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Photographs posted by Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus show Jaishankar's whirlwind four-hour visit to Dhaka, where he handed a personal letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Tarique Rahman, BNP acting chairman.
- Sources emphasised the brief exchange does not signal any change in India's policy toward Pakistan, while Bangladesh's High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah said the visit would open a new chapter in relations.
- Critics pointed to the Pahalgam attack and asked whether Pakistan had stopped terrorism, noting calls for dialogue and joint investigations after the incident that killed 26 people.
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Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker briefly interacts with EAM Jaishankar in Dhaka
Islamabad, Dec 31 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday said a brief interaction took place between National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, calling it the “first significant high-level contact” between the two sides since the May conflict. The two met briefly on the sidelines of the funeral of Bangladesh’s former prime […]
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