New Delhi: The denial of permission to two Pakistani diplomats to travel to Jaipur did not specifically have anything to do with the literature festival in the city and was a “coincidence”, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Friday.
“Let’s not confuse coincidence with any specific decision vis-a-vis the Jaipur festival or for that matter anything else,” Khurshid told reporters when asked about the denial of permission to the diplomats.
“Diplomatic requests are made from time to time to the ministry for travelling across the country. In most cases, these requests are accepted and in come cases, for specific reasons at that time best known to the ministry and other agencies, we have to say no,” the minister said. He added that it had not been brought to his knowledge that it (denial of visa) had anything specific to do with the Jaipur festival. (IANS)
