In a significant development, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday expressed intentions to reconsider trade relations with India, suspended since India’s controversial move to revoke the special autonomous status of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019.
Dar made these remarks during a press conference in London, following his participation in the Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels. He highlighted the eagerness of Pakistan’s business community to resume trade activities with India, indicating a potential shift in diplomatic stance towards its neighbouring nation.
The strained relations between Pakistan and India ensued after India’s unilateral action in August 2019, prompting then-prime minister Imran Khan’s government to downgrade diplomatic ties with India. “We will seriously look into matters of trade with India,” he said while responding to a question. —APP
