'Thank you Mr Jaishankar for covering up PM Modi’s incompetence,' tweets Rahul

Rahul Gandhi tweeted, 'His fawning endorsement caused serious problems with the Democrats for India.'

'They are obsessed': Jaishankar questions bid to 'hyphenate' India with Pakistan

By that logic then, India should not do anything which would bring Pakistan into the conversation at all, Jaishankar said.

Last year, India agreed to buy five S-400 systems for USD 5.2 billion, and Russia has said that delivery is on track.

Jaishankar strongly refuted notion that Modi used phrase to endorse Trump's candidature for his 2020 re-election campaign.

S Jaishankar was among the first ministers to arrive for the SAARC Ministerial Meeting.

Jaishankar had, however, refused to comment on the absence of his Pakistani counterpart during his opening statement.

Mr Jaishankar said the issue for Ind was not whether it talks to Pak, but how it can talk to a country that is conducting terrorism.

He said the issue for India was not whether it talks to Pakistan, but how it can talk to a country that is conducts terrorism.

Prior to the interactive session, Jaishankar met the Foreign Ministers of the G4 countries - Japan, Germany, Brazil.

MEA explained how J&K acceded to India after the country gained freedom in 1947 and the drafting of Article 370.