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Pakistani Minister Qureshi leaves for UAE today
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ISLAMABAD, 17 April, 2021 (TON): On Saturday, the Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi leaves for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In the backdrop of confirmation by the Emirati Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef al-Otaiba, this would be Qureshi’s first official visit to the Emirates.
The Emirati Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef al-Otaiba said Pakistani and Indian officials had travelled to Dubai for backdoor negotiations.
Sources told that Qureshi was also expected to travel to Tehran and Turkey.
"We wish to get their bilateral ties back to a healthy, functional relationship,” said the Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafiz Chaudhry when asked at the weekly media briefing about Ambassador Otaiba’s statement.
So far, India has made no official comment on Otaiba’s statement.
However, it is expected that apart from focusing on follow-up of the last meeting between Pakistani and Indian officials in Dubai, Qureshi will also raise the issue of visas for Pakistanis, which have been stopped by the UAE.
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