Paks claim on swapping Kulbhushan Jadhav another imaginary lie: India

September 30, 2017 12:58

India on Friday cited the Afghanistan NSAs statement saying there was no proposal to swap Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav for a terrorist, and asserted that it was another addition to Islamabads imaginary lies.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif had earlier suggested that he received a proposal to swap Jadhav with a terrorist, lodged in an Afghan jail, during his meeting with an NSA. However, Asif did not identify the NSA or the terrorist.

Contradicting Asifs claim, the office of Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Haneef Atmar issued a statement saying there was no mention or reference of India or an Indian citizen during his meeting with the Pakistani foreign minister in New York on September 21.

Asif had told a gathering at the Asia Society in New York on September 26 that Pakistan received a proposal to swap Jadhav for a terrorist who carried out the 2014 Peshawar school attack and is now jailed in Afghanistan.

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the statement by the office of the Afghan NSA suggested that Asifs claim was another addition to the long list of imaginary lies by the Pakistani establishment.

The statement by Atmars office said that during the meeting, the two sides discussed a variety of issues, including bilateral cooperation. There was no mention or reference of India or an Indian citizen, it said, adding Atmar was hopeful the record of the meetings are reported accurately and facts not misconstrued.

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