The government is also keen to dispel the notion that it acted whimsically on Pakistan. The list of those invited was a veritable who’s who of India’s Pakistan diplomacy over the years. It included names like Shiv Shankar Menon, G Parthasarathy, S S Sabharwal, Satyabrata Pal, Shyam Saran, Satinder Lambah and just retired T C A Raghavan. Foreign secretary S Jaishankar was also present.
Sushma meets ex-envoys, govt may tweak talks agenda
The government is also keen to dispel the notion that it acted whimsically on Pakistan. The list of those invited was a veritable who’s who of India’s Pakistan diplomacy over the years. It included names like Shiv Shankar Menon, G Parthasarathy, S S Sabharwal, Satyabrata Pal, Shyam Saran, Satinder Lambah and just retired T C A Raghavan. Foreign secretary S Jaishankar was also present.