ISLAMABAD – Pakistan had accepted India’s request to let Minister forExternal Affairs Sushma Swaraj’s flight go over its airspace, according toThe Hindu news.
The publication cited officials in Delhi and Islamabad as saying thatSushma Swaraj’s flight was permitted to go over Pakistani airspace as theIndian minister was due to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation sessionin Bishkek.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal said that the Indiangovernment had made the request to avoid longer route.
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Sushma Swaraj attended the SCO meeting of foreign ministers in Krgyzstan onMay 21 and 22, along with Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
