Pakistan releases counsel for kulbhushan yadav, Indian Deputy High Commissioner visits after that.
Indian Deputy High Commissioner Goru
Ahluwalia arrived at the Foreign Office in Islamabad on Monday to meet kulbhushan
Yadav where he spent three hours.
Pakistani officials said on Sunday
that kulbhushan Yadav will meet with Indian officials at the Foreign Office on
Monday.
Pakistan once again offered consular
access to kulbhushan yadav, which India accepted on Sunday.
Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman
Dr Muhammad Faisal said in his messages on Twitter on Sunday that "Indian
spy commander kulbhushan yadav, who is an Indian Navy service officer and RAW,
will be given consular access on September 2, 2019.
The offer came from Pakistan at a
time when relations between the two countries have been strained after the
elimination of the special constitutional status of Indian occupied Kashmir and
making it a centrally administered territory.
This is the second time since the
International Court of Justice's decision on the kulbhushan Yadav case that
Pakistan has been consular access to kulbhushan yadav.
Earlier last month, Pakistan
formally offered India consular access to kulbhushan yadav. However, in
response to the offer, India had demanded from Pakistan to provide consular
access to Kulbhushan Jadhav in a 'fear free of pressure and punishment'
environment.
India's response to the Pakistani
Foreign Office's recent announcement of consular access has not yet been
responded to.On July 17, the International Court
of Justice had ordered Pakistan to review the death sentence of the alleged spy
and grant consular access.
The court had ruled that Pakistan
violated Article 36 of the Vienna Convention by not granting kulbhushan Yadav access
to the consular.In April 2017, a Pakistani military court sentenced kulbhushan Yadav
to death on charges of espionage, sabotage and terrorism.
Against the verdict, India in May
2017 sought a stay of the International Court of Justice and requested that the
release of kulbhushan Yadav be suspended and his release be granted.
India's appeal was rejected by the
International Court of Justice, but ordered Pakistan to grant the accused
access to the consulate and to review his death sentence.
About kulbhushan yadav, Pakistan
claims that he is an Indian Navy service officer who was arrested in
Balochistan province of Pakistan in 2016.Pakistan has for a long time accused
India of backing Baloch separatist elements in Balochistan.
