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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan commerce minister
Makhdoom Amin Fahim has called off a visit to
India later this month as a SAARC business meet
he was scheduled to attend in New Delhi has
been cancelled. "The commerce minister's visit to India had been
approved by the Prime Minister and all
arrangements had been completed for the trip." "However, the 'SAARC Business Leaders Conclave'
from February 21-24, which he was scheduled to
attend, has been cancelled," an aide to Fahim told
PTI. The aide made it clear that the decision was not
linked in any way to recent tensions in bilateral
relations. He was invited to the meet by his Indian
counterpart Anand Sharma. Fahim was also expected to hold talks with
Sharma on the sidelines of the regional meet. Last month, Fahim had called off a scheduled visit
to India to attend a partnership summit in Agra in
the wake of growing tensions between the
neighbours over ceasefire violations along the
line of control. Fahim told reporters he had decided against
travelling to India as the business meet would
clash with a meeting between a government
team and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, who recently led a
protest to push for electoral reforms. However, official sources said Fahim's decision
was linked to the spike in tensions between
India and Pakistan over a string of clashes along
the LoC that left two Indian and three Pakistani
soldiers dead.
http://www.timesofindia.com/india/P...SAARC-meet-cancelled/articleshow/18403657.cms
Makhdoom Amin Fahim has called off a visit to
India later this month as a SAARC business meet
he was scheduled to attend in New Delhi has
been cancelled. "The commerce minister's visit to India had been
approved by the Prime Minister and all
arrangements had been completed for the trip." "However, the 'SAARC Business Leaders Conclave'
from February 21-24, which he was scheduled to
attend, has been cancelled," an aide to Fahim told
PTI. The aide made it clear that the decision was not
linked in any way to recent tensions in bilateral
relations. He was invited to the meet by his Indian
counterpart Anand Sharma. Fahim was also expected to hold talks with
Sharma on the sidelines of the regional meet. Last month, Fahim had called off a scheduled visit
to India to attend a partnership summit in Agra in
the wake of growing tensions between the
neighbours over ceasefire violations along the
line of control. Fahim told reporters he had decided against
travelling to India as the business meet would
clash with a meeting between a government
team and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, who recently led a
protest to push for electoral reforms. However, official sources said Fahim's decision
was linked to the spike in tensions between
India and Pakistan over a string of clashes along
the LoC that left two Indian and three Pakistani
soldiers dead.
http://www.timesofindia.com/india/P...SAARC-meet-cancelled/articleshow/18403657.cms
