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September 24, 2018 12:40
Pak PM Slams India over Canceling Talks

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India's decision to call off the foreign minister-level meeting in New York was "arrogant", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday, proclaiming that he was "disappointed" by the New Delhi's "negative" reply.

India on Friday cited the "brutal" killing of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the release of the postal stamps "glorifying" Burhan Wani, a Kashmiri militant, for calling off the summit between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this month.

Declaring the withdrawal of the meeting, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in New Delhi that the incidents "exposed" the "true face" of Pakistan's new PM Imran Khan to the world as well as Islamabad's evil agenda behind the proposal for talks.

"The latest brutal killings of our security personnel by Pakistan-based entities and the recent release of a series of 20 postage stamps by Pakistan glorifying a terrorist and terrorism confirm that Pakistan will not mend its ways," Kumar said.

"Disappointed at the arrogant and negative response by India to my call for the resumption of the peace dialogue," PM Khan said in a tweet. "However, all my life I have come across small men occupying big offices who do not have the vision to see the larger picture," he said in a sharp reaction to India's cancellation of the meeting.


Kumar said talks with Pakistan after the "two deeply disturbing" developments would be "meaningless".

He said, "In view of the changed situation, there will be no meeting between the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan in New York."

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Responding to India's remarks, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Friday that the "so-called 'disturbing developments'" alluded to in the Indian statement preceded the Indian agreement to hold the bilateral meeting in New York. He said the alleged killing of a BSF (Border Security Force) soldier took place two days prior to the Indian announcement of its agreement to hold the bilateral meeting.

When claims of Pakistan's participation initially appeared, Pakistani rangers conveyed to BSF through official channels that the country had nothing to do with it, he said.

In the meantime, Bharatiya Janata Party lashed out at Pakistan PM Imran Khan saying he is in the chair on the directions of his country's army and India will not hold talks with the neighbor till its soldiers are being killed.

By Sowmya Sangam

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