Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj will arrive in Pakistan to hold talks on Wednesday.
In what will be the first visit to Pakistan in 3 years, Swaraj will lead an Indian delegation to Islamabad for talks on Afghanistan according India’s foreign ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweets.
“Swaraj would meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tomorrow,” agreed the adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, who will also be meeting the Indian foreign minister.
“This is a good beginning, the deadlock that was present has to some extent been removed,” stated Aziz.
The visit is part of efforts to restart a peace dialogue plagued by militant attacks and distrust .
Taken by surprise, Indian opposition parties have questioned the Indian government’s on-off approach to talks and a former foreign minister from Modi’s party said the policy was being conducted in the shadows.
