{"id":7217,"date":"2025-12-31T20:23:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=7217"},"modified":"2025-12-31T20:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:23:47","slug":"na-speaker-sardar-ayaz-sadiq-indian-fm-jaishankar-hold-brief-meeting-in-dhaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/31\/na-speaker-sardar-ayaz-sadiq-indian-fm-jaishankar-hold-brief-meeting-in-dhaka","title":{"rendered":"NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Indian FM Jaishankar hold brief meeting in Dhaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"383\"><strong data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"87\">Dhaka :<\/strong> In an unexpected yet significant gesture, <strong data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"184\">Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar<\/strong> met <strong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"247\">Pakistan\u2019s National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq<\/strong> in Dhaka, marking the first direct interaction between high-ranking officials of the two nations since the armed confrontations in May.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"535\">The brief meeting occurred at the residence of the late former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, <strong data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"493\">Khaleda Zia<\/strong>, during the events following her passing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"746\">According to media reports and sources present at the scene, Dr. Jaishankar approached <strong data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"645\">Sardar Ayaz Sadiq<\/strong>, offering a handshake and exchanging a few words about each other\u2019s well-being in a friendly manner.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"929\">Sardar Ayaz Sadiq responded with equal warmth, and the two leaders shared a cordial moment, set against the backdrop of a gathering that included numerous international dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"1163\">While the interaction remained informal and did not involve any official talks, its timing and symbolic nature attracted significant attention, especially after a period of strained relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1364\">Political analysts point out that even short, personal exchanges like this are crucial in maintaining diplomatic engagement and communication, particularly during delicate times in regional politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka : In an unexpected yet significant gesture, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met Pakistan\u2019s National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka, marking the first direct interaction between high-ranking officials of the two nations since the armed confrontations in May. The brief meeting occurred at the residence of the late former Prime &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4319,160,4320,2294],"class_list":["post-7217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-dr-s-jaishankar","tag-headline","tag-sardar-ayaz-sadiq","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7219,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7217\/revisions\/7219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}