ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has finally brokensilence over the issue of telephone call between PM Imran Khan and FrenchPresident Macron.

He clarified on Sunday that no telephonic conversation has taken placebetween Prime Minister Imran Khan and French President Emmanuel Macron.

In a news conference, FM Qureshi denied the reports claiming the premierput French president on hold during his meeting with senior journalists.

He said, “No telephonic conversation between the two leaders took place onFriday.”

The call is scheduled for Monday, he added.

Meanwhile, a Twitter handle, Pakistan Media Watch (PMW), has claimed thatthe French president never called PM Khan and the story was false