New Delhi, September 7
Islamabad has turned down a request by India to allow President Ram Nath Kovind to use its airspace for his flight to Iceland, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said today.
Kovind will embark on a visit to Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia from Monday during which he is expected to brief the top leadership in those countries on India’s “national concerns”, especially in view of terror incidents this year, including the Pulwama attack.
India regretted Pakistan’s decision to deny flight clearance, allowed routinely by any country.
Islamabad had permitted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flight to use its airspace when he had travelled to France for the G-7 summit. “We call upon Pakistan to recognise the futility of such unilateral actions,” said MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar. — TNS
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