WEB DESK
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi shook hands and exchanged pleasantries during their interaction on the sidelines of 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek.
Pakistan foreign minister on Friday described the meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi as a “courtesy”. .
“I have already stated that there was no structured meeting. Yes the meeting did take place, there was a handshake and exchange of pleasantries,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told journalists in Bishkek .
When asked to comment on demand by certain quarters that Pakistan should not repeatedly invite India for talks.
He said India had to make a decision whether to hold bilateral talks with Pakistan to resolve all outstanding issues, and that Pakistan sought the dialogue to be based on equality.
“So India has to make this decision, we are neither in haste, nor troubled. When India prepares itself, it would find us prepared, but we will hold talks on the basis of equality, in a dignified manner,” Qureshi said.
“Neither we need to run after anyone, nor we need to demonstrate stubbornness. Pakistan’s approach is very realistic and well thought-out.”