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No Modi, Imran meeting planned on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, says MEA 

No Modi, Imran meeting planned on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, says MEA 

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Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that no meeting is planned between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) next week in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

MEA's spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, in response to WION's question at the first weekly MEA presser of the new government, said, "To the best of my knowledge no meeting has been planned between PM Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan at the SCO Summit in Bishkek."

Speculations wererife that both leaders may meet, especially with the visit of Pakistan Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood to India.

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MEA also clarified on his visit saying it was a "personal visit and there was no meeting scheduled" between Pak FS and any Indian official.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan had called PM Modi to congratulate after his election victory in the general elections. During the call, PM Modi asked Pak PM to create an environment free of terror.

Ties between the two countries are frayed since the Pulwama terror attack on February 14. Pakistan based United Nations listed terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for the attack.

India has been asking Pakistan to act on terror and Modi government's policy in its first tenure has been talks and terror cant go together.

On cross border terror, the spokesperson said Pakistan needs to "walk the talk" and take action against terrorist on its territory.