NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday said its delegation will not travel to Pakistan for the upcoming SAARCc summit. "In the prevailing circumstances, the government of India is unable to participate in the proposed SAARC summit in Islamabad," India's Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) said in a statement.
"We also understand that some other SAARC states have also conveyed their reservation about attending the summit in November 2016," said a statement issued by the spokesman for India's External Affairs Ministry on Twitter.
Regional cooperation and terror don't go together. India pulls out of SAARC Summit in Islamabad pic.twitter.com/jabKoaBegJ
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) September 27, 2016
Islamabad has termed India's decision as "unfortunate".
Pakistan’s Foreign Office said last month that the summit will take place on November 9-10 and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif invited leaders of SAARC member states to grace the summit with their presence.
Narendra Modi was not likely to attend the moot due to situation in occupied Kashmir where his forces have killed over 100 Kashmiri protesters and injured many others.
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