Swaraj to make a statement in Parl on her visit to Pak

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 13 2015 | 9:22 PM IST
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will make a statement in both Houses of Parliament on Monday on her two-day visit to Pakistan and the recent developments relating to bilateral ties.
"I will make a statement on my recent visit to Islamabad tomorrow at 11 am in Rajya Sabha and at 2 pm in Lok Sabha," Swaraj tweeted today.
A Parliamentary Affairs Ministry release said that Swaraj will make a statement on her recent visit to Islamabad and developments relating to ties between India and Pakistan in both the Houses of Parliament during the next week of Winter session.
"This is one of the major agenda items for next week," the statement said.
Breaking the logjam in their ties, India and Pakistan had on December 9 announced in Islamabad that they have decided to engage in a "comprehensive" dialogue that will include peace and security and Jammu and Kashmir.
Capping a series of positive developments since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif met in Paris about a fortnight days ago, it was announced there that the Foreign Secretaries will meet to decide the modalities and schedule of the dialogue.
The two sides came out with a joint statement, which happened after Swaraj met Sharif and later his Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz there on the concluding day of her two-day visit (December 8-9).
She was in Pakistan to attend a multilateral conference on Afghanistan.
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First Published: Dec 13 2015 | 9:22 PM IST

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