The government has announced that Narendra Modi will fly over Oman and Iran, not over Pakistan’s airspace, to reach Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Pakistan had earlier said it would allow the INdian Prime Minister’s plane to fly over its airspace, although Delhi had refused to confirm or deny if it had made any request to Islamabad to fly over Pakistani territory, which is partially blocked to Indian flights.
The Shanghai Cooperation Council (SCO) meeting is on June 13. That Modi would fly over Oman and Iran was clarified by Raveesh Kumar, the external affairs ministry spokesperson in response to journalists’ queries. He said the government had explored two routes and reached this decision, but did not specify which was the second route.
