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Pakistan denies use of airspace to Indian president

  • 07 Sep 2019
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Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi speaks during a press conference. File photo

Pakistan on Saturday said it had denied India's President Ram Nath Kovind permission to fly through its airspace — access to which is usually granted — due to New Delhi's recent "behaviour".

The decision comes at a time of high tension between the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.

"The decision has been taken in view of India's behaviour," Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a statement.

Agence France-Presse

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