*NEW DELHI: Pakistan has allowed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’saircraft to overfly its airspace to Bishkek during June 13-14 to attend theShanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.*
*The Hindu* reported that India had forwarded the request to Pakistaniofficials to let Modi’s overflight to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan for a meetingof the Shanghai club.
An unnamed official confirmed to *Press Trust of India* that Islamabad hadapproved in principle the Indian government’s request in this regard.
In May, Pakistan granted the request of India to let its Minister forExternal Affairs Sushma Swaraj overflight to attend the SCO summit inBishkek.
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Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Faisal said that the Indiangovernment had made the request to avoid longer route.
Sushma Swaraj had attended the SCO meeting of foreign ministers inKrgyzstan on May 21 and 22, along with Pakistani counterpart Shah MehmoodQureshi.
