The meeting Pakistan conducted between Kulbhushan Jadhav and his wife and mother was greatly denounced by the Indian Government. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) released a video with their Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar saying, “We note with regret that the Pakistani side conducted the meeting in a manner which violated the letter and spirit of our understandings.”
He further added, “Prior to the meeting, the two governments were in touch through diplomatic channels to work out its modalities and format. There were clear understandings between the two sides and the Indian side scrupulously abided by all its commitments.”
In the video, Raveesh Kumar stated that Jadhav’s mother and wife were made to remove all ornaments and change clothes before meeting Jadhav. The media was also allowed to interact and harass with Jadhav’s mother and wife. Before the meeting was finalized, the Indian Government released a list of conditions the Pakistanis needed to follow during the meeting. One of them being no media people should be allowed to bombard the struggling family of Jadhav.
It has also been reported that Jadhav’s mother was not allowed to speak in her mother tongue with her son during the meeting. Every time the mother spoke in her mother tongue she was immediately interrupted by the Pakistani authorities.
After the apparent humanitarian meeting, Jadhav’s wife and mother visited External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and Raveesh Kumar were also present at Swaraj’s house with Jadhav’s family.
Once the meeting was complete, the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) released another confessional video of Jadhav. In the video, Jadhav confesses to sneaking into Pakistan from Iran two years ago. Jadhav also thanked the Pakistan Government in the video, for allowing him to meet his family.
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