After India decided not to use the Pakistani airspace for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flight to Bishkek to attend the SCO summit, Islamabad said Wednesday that they are ready to open their airspace “specifically” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s VVIP flight to Bikshek to attend the SCO summit. AdvertisingEarlier on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that PM Modi’s VVIP aircraft won’t fly through Pakistan’s airspace en route to Kyrgyzstan’s Bikshek. “The Government of India had explored two options for the route to be taken by the VVIP Aircraft to Bishkek. Read | Bishkek summit: Xi, Modi meeting confirmed, likely to discuss US trade frictionAdvertisingPakistan’s Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that an application to open the airspace was received by the Aviation Division from the Indian High Commission on Monday. However, MEA on Wednesday made it clear that no such meeting has been arranged between the two leaders.

Source: Indian Express June 12, 2019 15:53 UTC