PM Modi, Imran Khan ignore each other at SCO summit
The two leaders also did not hold any meeting during the informal dinner hosted by Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov for the SCO leaders here, sources said. According to sources, Khan and Modi did not even exchange pleasantries during the dinner.
amid souring relationship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on Thursday but did not exchange any pleasantries.
The two leaders also did not hold any meeting during the informal dinner hosted by Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov for the SCO leaders here, sources said. According to sources, Khan and Modi did not even exchange pleasantries during the dinner.
At the dinner, Imran Khan was seated three seats away from where PM Narendra Modi.
The development came days after India clarified that there would be no bilateral meeting between PM Modi and Imran Khan on the sidelines of the SCO meeting.
This comes despite the Pakistan prime minister writing a letter to PM narendra Modi, saying Islamabad wants dialogue with New Delhi to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries, including the Kashmir issue.
While Imran Khan is attending the SCO summit for the first time after assuming office last year, this is PM narendra Modi's first visit to a multilateral forum after being re-elected for a second term in May.
PM narendra Modi on Thursday held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and told him that Pakistan needs to create an atmosphere free from terror and take concrete action to end the scourge, but does not see Islamabad doing it at this stage.
"We expect it [Pakistan] to take concrete action," Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said.
amid souring relationship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on Thursday but did not exchange any pleasantries.
The two leaders also did not hold any meeting during the informal dinner hosted by Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov for the SCO leaders here, sources said. According to sources, Khan and Modi did not even exchange pleasantries during the dinner.
At the dinner, Imran Khan was seated three seats away from where PM Narendra Modi.
The development came days after India clarified that there would be no bilateral meeting between PM Modi and Imran Khan on the sidelines of the SCO meeting.
This comes despite the Pakistan prime minister writing a letter to PM narendra Modi, saying Islamabad wants dialogue with New Delhi to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries, including the Kashmir issue.
While Imran Khan is attending the SCO summit for the first time after assuming office last year, this is PM narendra Modi's first visit to a multilateral forum after being re-elected for a second term in May.
PM narendra Modi on Thursday held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and told him that Pakistan needs to create an atmosphere free from terror and take concrete action to end the scourge, but does not see Islamabad doing it at this stage.
"We expect it [Pakistan] to take concrete action," Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said.
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