Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif (AP) Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif (AP)Pakistan on Thursday accused India of “scuttling” the process to reconvene the SAARC summit in Islamabad and “holding hostage” the development and economic progress of the whole region. Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal, addressing the press briefing through video conferencing from Beijing, said that the SAARC summit was “regrettably scuttled” by India. Pakistan was committed to hold the already-delayed summit in Islamabad at the earliest, Faisal said. He said that Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif spoke to the Foreign Ministers of Iran and Turkey, and Secretary General Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on the Kashmir issue. The last SAARC Summit in 2014 was held in Kathmandu.

Source: Indian Express April 12, 2018 16:26 UTC