Namaste Bharat: Shah Mehmood Qureshi accuses India of blocking the "progress" of SAARC

On Thursday, the foreign ministers of the two countries avoided meeting each other. After making her statement in the SAARC meet, Sushma Swaraj left the venue and did not wait for Pakistan's Foreign Minister Qureshi to present his statement.

Addressing the SAARC meet, Swaraj also called members states to bring about trade reforms to strengthen connectivity and capitalise on the region's potential.