Pakistan not to participate in WTO meet in India protesting harassment of diplomats
Islamabad, Mar 17 (IBNS) : Pakistan has decided to pull out from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meet in New Delhi next week in protest against the alleged harassment of its diplomats in India, media reports said.
India had invited Pakistan commerce minister Pervez Malik to participate in the informal WTO .meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on March 19 and 20.
Though Islamabad had initially accepted the invitation last month, Daily Pakistan quoted its sources in the foreign ministry having confirmed that the situation had changed after repeated harassment of families of diplomats.
The decision to pull out of WTO meeting comes on the heels of recalling of Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Sohail Mehmood.
For the WTO summit, India has invited Trade Ministers of over 50 nations including the US, China and Pakistan to discuss key issues related with areas like agriculture and services.
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