Pakistan on Wednesday turned down India's request to grant permission for an over-flight of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use the country's airspace for trip to Germany. In a video statement released to media, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the decision has been taken keeping in view the situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
"A request was received from India that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to go to Germany and sought [permission] to use the airspace for an over-flight on September 20 and the same for a return flight on September 28," Qureshi said.
However, he stated that a decision was taken not to grant permission to Modi's over-flight keeping in view the situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir and the India's attitude as well as the continued repression and oppression of Kashmiri people and abrogation of their rights. He said the decision has been conveyed to Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
Last week, the Indian government formally submitted a request seeking permission for the use of airspace for the over-flight of Prime Minister Modi to Germany from where he would be leaving for New York to attend the UN General Assembly session.
Both Prime Minister Imran Khan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are scheduled to address the UN General Assembly session on September 27. Earlier this month, the government did not allow India's President Ram Nath Kovind to use its airspace.
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