Sushma Swaraj to visit Pakistan on Tuesday

Update: 2015-12-07 09:11 GMT
BJP senior leader and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Pakistan tomorrow. She will be visiting  Pakistan  for a meeting on Afghanistan and it was announced on Monday.

Sushma will travel to Islamabad on Tuesday on a two-day visit during which she will hold talks with her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz and she will attend a multilateral conference on Afghanistan

"EAM Sushma Swaraj to lead Indian delegation for Heart of Asia 5th Ministerial Meeting on Afghanistan on December 9 in Islamabad," external affairs ministry's official spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted.

The External Affairs Minister will call on Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and meet his Adviser on Foreign Affairs Aziz. Meanwhile  Pakistan prime minister's Adviser Aziz said he was looking forward to meet Sushma Swaraj.

Sushma Swaraj's visit comes after the National Security Advisers of India and Pakistan met in Bangkok on Sunday where they discussed terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir and a range of key bilateral issues.Sushma visit comes three years after former External Affairs Minister S M Krishna travelled to Islamabad in 2012 . Swaraj will be accompanied by Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.
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