Sushma Swaraj Meets Sartaj Aziz in Nepal, Raises Pathankot Issue

Swaraj and Aziz told the media that the Pakistani Joint Investigation Team will arrive in India on 27 March.

Sushma Swaraj, the External Affairs Minister, met with Sartaj Aziz, the Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, in Pokhara, Nepal on the sidelines of the SAARC summit.

Addressing the media, Swaraj and Aziz said that the terror attack on the Pathankot air base was discussed.

We are hoping that there will be a meeting between Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif in the US on the sidelines of the nuclear summit. 

Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister  

Swaraj and Aziz informed the media that the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) from Pakistan will reach India on 27 March and start the probe on the next day. However, the details of what the focus of the probe will be and the access the team will have, were not divulged.

Aziz also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif are likely to meet in Washington later this month. Aziz has extended an invite to Modi for the SAARC meeting in Pakistan.

Aziz reportedly admitted that attack on Pathankot had created tension between India and Pakistan, but also stresed that the dialogue should be intensified.