ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India have mutually agreed to resolve the issuepertaining to harassment and treatment of diplomats and their families.

In a statement, issued on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs remarkedthat the two neighbouring countries will resolve the matter “in line withthe 1992 ‘Code of Conduct’ for treatment of Diplomatic/Consular personnelin India and Pakistan.”

On March 13, the foreign office had shared that the officers and familiesof Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi were facing harassment,intimidation and ‘outright violence’ from the Indian state agencies.

The statement said that the “deliberate bullying” is not confined to asingle isolated event, but continues unabated in a series of incidentstargeting the families of the officers.