Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka in February, according to official sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will be the first head of government to visit Sri Lanka since the pandemic struck last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe visit is likely towards the end of February,\u201d an official source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told The Hindu on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khan\u2019s visit, scheduled a month after Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar\u2019s three-day visit to Colombo, will likely coincide with the early days of the 46th UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, where a new resolution on Sri Lanka may be adopted by members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pakistan is currently a member of the Council. In December 2020, Islamabad and Colombo held Foreign Secretary level \u2018Bilateral Political Consultations\u2019 virtually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A statement from the Pakistani High Commission \u2014 issued on December 17, 2020 \u2014 said Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood shared Pakistan\u2019s perspective on \u201cthe situation in Jammu and Kashmir, progress of the CPEC, and Pakistan\u2019s positive contribution to the Afghan peace process\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe also reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s commitment to SAARC and expressed the hope that the process of regional cooperation would be allowed to move forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sri Lanka, which has close ties with Pakistan and India, has seldom commented on Indo-Pak. tensions. Following the Pulwama attack in February 2019, Sri Lanka\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d about the developments following \u201cthe brutal terrorist attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Pulwama,\u201d while \u201crequesting\u201d India and Pakistan to act \u201cin a manner that ensures the security, peace and stability of the entire region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Courtesy: Colombo Gazette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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