“If Imran Khan (Pakistan prime minister) is so generous and a statesman, he should give us Masood Azhar,In 1969, India was humiliated when it was not allowed to participate in the meeting even after reaching the venue after Pakistan protested against India’s then foreign minister’s participation. But now, 50 years later, it was India that was on the seat of the guest of honour, while Pakistan’s seat was empty,People often ask us what we get by our frequent travel to countries. I want to tell them we do not travel to have fun, we travel to build our relationship with other countries and it is because of our ties with these countries that we were able to rescue 7,000 people from Yemen. The strength of our bilateral ties was also reflected in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) elections.”
External affairs minister Mrs.Sushma Swaraj , India can have a good relationship with Pakistan,if neighbouring country “takes action against terror groups on its soil”
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