EAM S Jaishankar in Stockholm for EU-Indo Pacific ministerial meet

In a tweet, the EAM, who also attended the second EU-Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum (EIPMF) meet, said: “Joined EU and Indo-Pacific colleagues at a group picture with His Majesty, King of Sweden.”

Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar is also attending the meet.

Earlier, on his arrival in Stockholm from Dhaka, where he attended the Sixth Indian Ocean Conference, he said: “From Dhaka to Stockholm, but still discussing the Indo-Pacific. Arrived in Sweden for the EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial.”

On May 4-5, Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was in Goa, India, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

Jaishankar had welcomed him to the meeting as India is the host country. The two ministers were in the same room at the time of the ministerial, held in Panaji, Goa.

Later, EAM had hit out strongly against the Pakistan FM after the latter addressed a press conference there and also gave interviews to select media raising the Kashmir bogey and attacking the Modi government.

In Stockholm, Jaishankar and the junior Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Khar will present in the same room during the EU-Indo-Pacific Ministerial Meeting.

EAM’s visit to Sweden, from May 13-15, is his first visit as EAM and it comes at a time when India and Sweden are celebrating 75 years of establishment of diplomatic relations.

Sweden currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

During his visit, he will call on the leadership in Sweden and meet with key Ministers. He will also participate in the inaugural session of the India Trilateral Forum (India, Europe and US) with his Swedish counterpart.

(With UNI inputs)