India did not want consular access, says FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday that India’s “ill-intentions” were exposed when the diplomats who were provided consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav did not meet him.

According to the foreign minister, the two Indian diplomats left before meeting the RAW spy. “Two Indian diplomats were given consular access to Kulbhushan today, according to what was agreed upon. [However], India’s ill-intentions have been unmasked. They did not want consular access,” said Foreign Minister Qureshi.

He said that Kulbhushan wanted to speak to the Indian diplomats but they paid no heed to him and left.

“Kulbhushan kept repeating that he wanted them to talk to him and they left,” he stated.

“The Indian diplomats’ behaviour was surprising. Why did the diplomats ask for consular access when they did not even want to talk to Kulbhushan?”

Qureshi underlined that the Indian diplomats had objected to a glass in the middle, as well as the audio- and video-recording of the meeting — the latter of which was removed and the former not carried out.

“All of the two Indian diplomats’ wishes were fulfilled but they left nonetheless,” he mentioned.