Pak Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to attend SCO meet in Goa in May
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Bilawal would attend the meeting at the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Bilawal would attend the meeting at the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Joining the angry Saudis, Pakistanis also condemned the Foreign Minister's sitting position, calling the act "against diplomatic norms".
The trip holds importance as it comes after Saudi Arabia reacted to the statement by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who raised serious questions over the OIC on the Kashmir issue, threatening to hold a conference of foreign ministers from Muslim countries in another country without the cooperation of the OIC.
On Wednesday, Qureshi held a meeting with Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation at the foreign office in Islamabad.
He will also travel to Kartarpur to visit the Sikh holy site of Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib.
The visit comes as the US and Taliban are expected to reach a withdrawal agreement by the end of January and are prepared to "scale down" military operations ahead of signing the deal.
Qureshi said he has seen a willingness from the Taliban to reduce the violence.
Qureshi will also have meetings on the Capitol Hill, besides engagements with the media and think tank community.
The two countries are at loggerheads since Saudi oil facilities came under missile attacks in September. Saudi Arabia and the US were quick to blame Iran for the attack.
During a telephonic conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Qureshi discussed the "illegal and unilateral actions of India to alter the disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir in contravention of the international law and UNSC resolutions".
