It is the first time in nearly nine years that India’s foreign minister travelled to Pakistan even as the ties between the two neighbours remained frosty over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
The last Indian Foreign Minister to visit Pakistan was Sushma Swaraj. She had travelled to Islamabad in December 2015 to attend a conference on Afghanistan.
Earlier in the day, India said it remains actively engaged in various mechanisms of the SCO.
Pakistan is hosting the two-day SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) summit on October 15 and 16.
