Jaishankar To Visit Pakistan For SCO Summit On October 15-16

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Pakistan for the upcoming SCO summit, to be held in Pakistan on October 15 and 16, the Ministry of External Affairs informed on Friday.

MEA on West Asia crisis 

Addressing a media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on the ever evolving situation in the West Asia, said, “We issued a statement a few days back expressing deep concern - we said that the violence and the situation is of deep concern for us. We had reiterated a call for restraint by all concerned and also the protection of civilians. It is important in our opinion that this conflict doesn't take a wider regional dimension...”

"As of now, from Israel, Iran and other countries, flights are running so people have the option if they want to leave. Families have reached out to us and to our embassies, but at this point, we don't have any evacuation process going on.  We have around 3,000 people in Lebanon, mostly in Beirut... In Iran, we have around 10,000 people, around 5,000 of them are students... In Israel, we have around 30,000 people largely caregivers and workers...," Randhir Jaiswal added.

Maldives President Muizzu to visit India

MEA's Randhir Jaiswal further informed that Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu will be on India visit from October 7-10, 2024. 

"President of the Republic of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu will be travelling to India on a state visit from 7th to 10th October 2024. This will be his first bilateral visit to India. He had earlier visited India, in June 2024 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the PM and council of ministers. During his visit, he will also be in Bengaluru and Mumbai where he will have business engagements..."