Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is set to visit Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit later this month.This marks the first visit by an Indian foreign minister to Pakistan in nearly a decade.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced on Saturday that he will not engage in discussions with Pakistan during his forthcoming visit to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conclave.

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will attend the SCO heads of government meeting in Islamabad on October 15-16 but will not discuss bilateral ties with Pakistan. Jaishankar underscored Pakistan's continued support for terrorism as a barrier to SAARC summits and emphasized regional integration efforts with neighboring countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit on Oct. 15-16. He clarified that the visit will focus on the summit and not on India-Pakistan bilateral relations.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar has ruled out any discussions on India-Pakistan relations at the SCO summit in Islamabad. Speaking at the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, Jaishankar said that he was a civil person and will behave accordingly there.

India announced on Friday that Jaishankar will represent the country at the SCO meeting in Islamabad during October 15-16, making him the first foreign minister to travel to Pakistan since 2015