New Delhi announced on Tuesday it will not send Indian diplomats to Islamabad for the 19th Saarc conference, saying the ‘prevailing circumstances' are 'not conducive' to the holding of the conference.
“Regional cooperation and terror don't go together. India pulls out of Saarc Summit in Islamabad,” Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted.
Regional cooperation and terror don't go together. India pulls out of SAARC Summit in Islamabad pic.twitter.com/jabKoaBegJ
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) September 27, 2016
The announcement comes amid growing tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following the attack on an Indian Army base in Uri sector of Indian-held Kashmir.