The delegations of India and Pakistan, which are on global outreach programmes after an ardent military faceoff between the two countries, are likely to witness a faceoff in Washington DC. The Indian panel, led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, has reached the US to expose Pakistan over the latter’s support for terrorism and deliberate efforts to create unrest in India. Bilawal Bhutto-led Pakistani delegation will also be in the US during this period.

"In Washington, we'll have the interesting phenomenon of the Pakistani delegation in America, and almost exactly the same days... Tomorrow almost they will be in Washington, while we are in Washington on the same date. So there's going to be perhaps an increase in interest because there are two duelling delegations in the same city," Tharoor told ANI.

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Tharoor, however, said India will strongly convey its message and people who care about South Asia, India and terrorism will get a clear understanding of the issue.

"It's a challenging environment. America is a very crowded media space, the world's news generator. Therefore, our story may not be at the top of their minds. But if we can get the attention of those who care about South Asia, those who care about India, those who care about terrorism, we can get our message across very, very easily," the Congress MP said.

Divulging the details of the slated meeting, Tharoor said the delegation will hold deliberations with influential people, including government officials and committees which formulate public opinion. Tharoor will also give interviews to several American channels, broadcasters and podcasters.

"The US is important to us at all levels because frankly the Security Council in a sense is a small part of our relationship with the US which is huge, whether it comes to trade, whether it comes to defence, whether it comes intelligence sharing, whether it comes to our participation in the QUAD in the G-20, there are just so many avenues in which we cooperate with the US," he added.

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This will be the last leg of India’s foreign outreach programme of the Tharoor-led panel.