The meeting between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and India, scheduled to take place in New York, has been cancelled by the Indian government on Friday, Indian media reported.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he was very disappointed with India’s decision to cancel the meeting.

Qureshi said, "It appears as if New Delhi is facing internal pressure.

"If the meeting is not to be considered as part of talks between the two countries then what is the purpose of it.

"I would only say that there was a chance, which was missed.

"Neither Pakistan refused to hold talks earlier, nor it is worried now.

"If they are not willing for it then we also won't act in haste," he added.

Earlier, MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar said that the reason for the cancellation of the meeting was the alleged ‘killing’ of Indian soldiers and release of a series of ‘controversial’ postal stamps.

This meeting would have been the first high-level meeting between the two neighbours in years. This meeting was decided after Pakistan Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had written to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi; suggesting their foreign ministers meet in New York to try to break an impasse in ties.

On Thursday, the Indian foreign ministry spokesperson said that Pakistan and India’s foreign ministers will hold a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly this month.

The spokesperson played down hopes of a full resumption in talks between the neighbours. “This is just a meeting, too much should not be read into the proposed meeting,” Kumar said. “This is not a resumption of dialogue. They asked for a meeting, we said yes.”