This comes as India’s relations with both neighbours have hit a new low in the past few years.
NEW DELHI: The participation of Pakistan and China at a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation this week is seen as a sign of reduced tensions with host nation India, said observers.Foreign ministers from countries in the SCO group will be meeting in India's western state of Goa on Friday , with regional peace and cooperation expected to be on the agenda. India, China and Pakistan are among eight member states of the SCO.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari walks with other officials toward his plane to depart for India, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 4, 2023. Mr Bhutto Zardari is the first Pakistani foreign minister to visit India since 2011. India’s relations with China, although not as strained as they are with Pakistan, have hit new lows after a border standoff in 2020.Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang's vsit to India is being seen with similar optimism.
“All trade and economic relations have been suspended. Will this visit make a difference? It seems unlikely to me because Delhi has very little expectations from it, and there are strong criticisms within Pakistan of Bhutto visiting New Delhi at this time,” she told CNA938 on Thursday.
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