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Sushma Swaraj to meet Sartaj Aziz in Nepal on sidelines of SAARC meet

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will meet Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister at Pokhara in Nepal today on the sidelines of 37th SAARC ministerial meet. Ms Swaraj arrived in Pokhara yesterday to attend the meet. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters in Pokhara, Mr Aziz expressed the hope that the meeting would be productive. He will also hand over an invitation from the Pakistan Prime Minister for the 19th SAARC Summit to be held in Islamabad. Earlier on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar met his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary and exchanged pleasantries. <br/><br/>The Foreign Secretaries of all SAARC countries yesterday discussed ways to implement plans to improve connectivity, counter terrorism, and other issues. <br/><br/>Ms Swaraj along with her counterparts from SAARC countries will discuss the progress made on the programmes approved at the last summit of the regional association at Kathmandu in 2014.

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