New Delhi, Feb. 7 (TNS): Amid strained relations with India, Pakistan sent a four-member team of counter-terrorism and intelligence specialists last week to attend a multilateral meeting in New Delhi, reported an Indian media outlet.
The delegation visited the Indian capital on January 31 and left on February 2 and included officials from the National Counter-Terrorism Authority, foreign minister and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
The meeting was held under the umbrella of SCO and the Indian publication’s sources stated that delegates from Pakistan, China, Russia and other countries were present.
Indian media reports said that there was no bilateral meeting between the two sides but the discussions at the grouping were of a “substantive nature”.
“The discussions were largely focused on violent extremism and radicalisation — two of key concerns for the Central Asian countries, along with China and Russia,” reports added.
It was the first time in two years that Pakistani experts visited India as relations have soured after Pakistani authorities arrested Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.
