(File) Pakistan envoy to India Abdul Basit. (File)Signalling a fresh slide in ties, Pakistan and India may temporarily recall their high commissioners and scale down the size of diplomatic staff in each other’s missions in the wake of the latest diplomatic spat over the spying episode, a media report said on Friday. The fresh slide in ties may also lead to a ‘scaling down’ of the strength of diplomatic staff by the two neighbours, the paper said. The tension intensified after tit-fit-tat naming of diplomatic staff for alleged spy work by both sides. The official said another implication might be ‘cutting down’ the size of diplomatic staff posted in each other’s countries till the situation normalised, it added.

Source: Indian Express November 04, 2016 07:15 UTC