Maximum steps taken to facilitate Sikh Yatrees: FM

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says Pakistan has taken maximum steps to facilitate Sikh Yatrees who will arrive in Kartarpur to participate in celebrations of birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak.

Talking to media in Multan on Saturday, he said fifteen thousand Sikh Yatrees will arrive in Pakistan to attend Baba Guru Nanak's birth anniversary.

He said former Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh has accepted Pakistan's invitation to attend the Kartarpur opening and birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak.

The Minister said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has the desire to resolve all outstanding issues between Saudi Arabia and Iran through negotiations.

Qureshi said Pakistan believed in peaceful neighbourhood.

Condemning the bomb blasts in a mosque in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, foreign minister said Pakistan offer deepest sympathies and condolences over loss of precious lives in the incident.

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