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Added on : 2018-03-17 18:34:47

Pakistan has decided to pull out of the World Trade Organisation meeting which is to be held in New Delhi next week. The move comes as protest post the alleged harassment of its diplomats in India. The Pakistan Commerce Minister Pervez Malik was invited by Indian delegation to participate in the informal WTO ministerial meeting which is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on March 19 and March 20. Islamabad had initially accepted the invitation and agreed to be a part of the WTO meeting, but foreign ministry sources said that the situation changed after ‘repeated harassment of families of diplomats’ and it was decided to skip the meeting. A source said, “We cannot send our commerce minister to India in the current situation and India has been informed about it.”
Speaking on the ceasefire violations, the source said that India should stop the alleged violations on the Line of Control (LoC) and also put an end to the ‘atrocities’ in Kashmir. The Pakistan government’s decision to stay away from the WTO meeting coincides with that of recalling Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Sohail Mehmood. Mehmood was recalled to Islamabad after alleged harassment of diplomats in India.

Pakistan has decided to pull out of the World Trade Organisation meeting which is to be held in New Delhi next week. The move comes as protest post the alleged harassment of its diplomats in India. The Pakistan Commerce Minister Pervez Malik was invited by Indian delegation to participate in the informal WTO ministerial meeting which is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on March 19 and March 20. Islamabad had initially accepted the invitation and agreed to be a part of the WTO meeting, but foreign ministry sources said that the situation changed after ‘repeated harassment of families of diplomats’ and it was decided to skip the meeting. A source said, “We cannot send our commerce minister to India in the current situation and India has been informed about it.”
Speaking on the ceasefire violations, the source said that India should stop the alleged violations on the Line of Control (LoC) and also put an end to the ‘atrocities’ in Kashmir. The Pakistan government’s decision to stay away from the WTO meeting coincides with that of recalling Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Sohail Mehmood. Mehmood was recalled to Islamabad after alleged harassment of diplomats in India.

Editor & Publisher : Dr Dhimant Purohit

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