Pakistan on Sunday rejected India’s request to allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special flight to use its airspace for his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia.
In a statement, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan had decided not to allow Prime Minister Modi to use the country’s airspace in view of the alleged violations of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, Dawn reported.
PM Modi is set to travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday to attend an international business forum and hold talks with top Saudi leadership.
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This is the second time that Pakistan has denied India’s request to use its airspace for PM Modi’s flight. Earlier in September, it rejected India’s request to allow PM Modi’s flight through its airspace for his visit to the US to attend the UN General Assembly.
Tensions between both the neighbouring countries spiked after India abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcated it into two Union territories.