Previous Year Question
After confidential meeting between National Security Advisers of India and Pakistan in Bangkok, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj went to Pakistan to attend ‘Heart of Asia Conference’ held in 2015 at
Karachi
Peshawar
Lahore
Islamabad
Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution
The 2015 Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference was held in Islamabad, Pakistan.
India's then External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj represented India at the conference. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia Process was held in Islamabad on 9 December 2015.
The Heart of Asia–Istanbul Process was launched in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2011. Its major objective was to promote regional cooperation, connectivity, security and economic cooperation involving Afghanistan and the countries of the surrounding region.
The Islamabad meeting in 2015 was the 5th Ministerial Conference of the process.
The next, or 6th Ministerial Conference, was hosted by India at Amritsar in 2016.