After the Indian government cancelled talks with Pakistan on 21 September, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said in a tweet that he was “disappointed at the arrogant and negative response” to his call for a resumption of dialogue.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs said the government cancelled talks because of two reasons :
Khan’s reaction comes after the Pakistan government said it is “deeply disappointed at the announcement made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi today (21 September) about the cancellation of the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, which was to be held on the sidelines of UNGA in New York.”
Meanwhile, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who was to be part of the meeting with Sushma Swaraj, said he regretted the way India first accepted their goodwill and then rejected it.
Pakistani Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Hussain said he had “never seen such a puerile (childish) statement given by any Foreign Office”.
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