“One country is blocking the progress and defying the spirit of SAARC,” says Pakistan Foreign Minister

In the wake of the collapsed talks between External Affairs Minister (EAM)Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the latter said “There were no talks between us. She (EAM) left midway, maybe she wasn't feeling well. I listened to her statement. She talked of regional cooperation. How is regional cooperation possible, when everybody is ready to sit and talk and you're blocking that?” Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said “If we want to gain something from this forum, we have to move forward. What's the way to do that?... I have no hesitation to say that the attitude of one country is blocking the progress of SAARC, connectivity and prosperity of this region and defying the spirit of SAARC.”