New Delhi: In a latest from across the border, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to Pakistan for the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit.
Pakistan daily Dawn reported on Tuesday, quoting its foreign office spokesperson. India in 2016 had boycotted the SAARC meeting that was to be held in Pakistan in 2016 following the ‘cross-border terror attacks’ emanating from Pakistan.
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Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan followed India’s footsteps and pulled out of the summit. The summit, which cannot take place even if one of the eight members withdraws, had to be finally cancelled.
New Delhi’s decision to pull out of the summit was part of the global campaign to isolate Pakistan after four terrorists struck at an army base in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri, killing 18 soldiers.
Word about this year’s meeting comes days after a terror attack at a prayer hall in Punjab’s Amritsar, in which three people died.