Islamabad, Sep 22 (UNI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said he is "disappointed" by India's decision to call off a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries on the sidelines of UN General Assembly next week and termed it "arrogant and negative."
"Disappointed at the arrogant & negative response by India to my call for resumption of the peace dialogue," Khan said in a tweet.
"However, all my life I have come across small men occupying big offices who do not have the vision to see the larger picture," he added.
On Friday, India had called off the meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the wake of recent terror attacks in Kashmir.
"The latest brutal killings of our security personnel by Pakistan-based entities and the recent release of a series of twenty postage stamps by Pakistan glorifying a terrorist and terrorism confirm that Pakistan will not mend its ways," said MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a statement.
On September 14, the Pakistan premier had in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed a meeting between Swaraj and Qureshi.
"They can explore the way forward, especially the holding of the SAARC Council of Ministers followed by the SAARC Summit in Islamabad. The summit will offer an opportunity for you to visit Pakistan and for us to re-start the stalled dialogue process," Khan had said in the letter.
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