As part of PM Modi's South Asia outreach, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to visit Pakistan

New Delhi: India's new Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will soon be visiting Pakistan.

This visit will be the part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy of  ‘South Asia' outreach  under which he plans to  send country's new Foreign Secretary on a 'SAARC Yatra' to further strengthen the ties.

This will also be the first official high-level visit by an Indian to neighbouring Pakistan after Nawaz Sharif's visit New Delhi in May last year to attend the oath-taking ceremony of his counterpart.

"Would be sending our new Foreign Secretary on a SAARC Yatra soon to further strengthen our ties," Modi said today.

Jaishankar's visit to Pakistan will be significant given that India had cancelled Foreign Secretary-level talks in August last year after the Pakistan High Commissioner in New Delhi held consultations with the Kashmiri separatists on the eve of the Indo-Pak talks.

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Prime Minister's remarks came a day after Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit met Jaishankar Thursday. The meeting was described as a courtesy call by the officials.

Meanwhile, Sharif hailed Modi's decision to send Foreign Secretary to Pakistan.

“We will surely welcome the India's Foreign Secretary. This visit will help easing the tension between the two nations,” Sharif said.