External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reportedly held an “informal interaction” with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar at the concluding lunch for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday, according to sources on both sides.

The lunch was hosted by Mr. Sharif who chaired the SCO session where, unlike on past occasions, both India’s and Pakistan’s national statements avoided contentious language on sensitive issues.