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| Pakistan, India recall envoys for 'consultations' |
| 2008-12-22 |
| Pakistan and India have summoned their high commissioners for consultations amid rising tensions following last month's terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Shahid Malik and Satyabarata Pal will brief Islamabad and New Delhi respectively on their interaction with the authorities after the Mumbai attacks. Talking to Daily Times, Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq denied that it was an unusual development, and called it 'routine activity'. "There is nothing unusual about it. It is a routine activity for the two countries to call back their high commissioners," he said, adding that Malik had returned on Saturday. Regarding Malik's engagements, the spokesman said he would meet officials in the Foreign Office and would leave for India in "two to three days" as per schedule. Asked why the Indian high commissioner had been called back at the same time, amid soaring tensions, Sadiq said Pal had gone to India to attend an envoys' conference. "His visit to India is also not unusual. There are reports already published in the media that an envoys' conference is planned in India. He has gone to attend the conference," he added. Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner in India Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi and the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Pakistan Mun Preet Vohra will act as high commissioners until the two envoys return, Online reported. Ties between the two countries worsened after terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month that India blames on elements based in Pakistan. |
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