“I will make an impression on my recent visit to Islamabad tomorrow at 11 am in Rajya Sabha and at 2 pm in Lok Sabha”, Swaraj tweeted on Sunday.
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India and Pakistan are to engage in “comprehensive” dialogue on all issues including peace, security and Kashmir, Swaraj said.
The minister said she had raised the issue of Mumbai terror attacks probe and has asked Pakistan to expedite the trial process. Foreign Secretaries have been tossed to work out modalities and comprehensive bilateral dialogue.
She further said that she hoped that the decision to have a bilateral composite dialogue with Pakistan would yield the results expected by the leaderships and people of both countries. “In order to meet any threats in this regard, the government will take all steps, including through diplomatic channels”, she said.
Days after returning from Islamabad after attending the “Heart of Asia” summit, Sushma Swaraj on Monday gave her statement on talks with Pakistan.
“My visit to Islamabad underlined India’s strong commitment to that cause”, she said, adding New Delhi at the conference sought full and direct transit for Afghanistan through Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Congress MPs protested in the house, shouting anti-government slogans, their chants drowned Swaraj’s statement on the recent developments in India-Pakistan relations.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and BJP leader M.A. Naqvi said, “We (the government) condemn the incidents in Punjab”.
The meetings as decided between the two sides in May 2014, however, did not take place, she said. Basit also asserted on the importance of normalising the issues between the two nations to overcome all their challenges.
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Recalling the meeting between Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif in Paris, she said that both the Prime Ministers discussed the need for NSA level talks between the two countries.
