New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- Former diplomat Suresh K Goel on Thursday said that the reports from Pakistan on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's handshake with Pakistani Speaker are laughable and that whenever Pakistani ministers see an Indian leader, they "jump" in hopes of changing things.

In an interview to ANI, when asked his interpretation of the interaction between EAM Jaishankar and Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka, Goel said, "I simply feel like laughing at it. I don't think in the current climate where we have terrorism attacks from Pakistan into our territory, the Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir flaunting the prowess and how they are actually developing terrorist bases and re-establishing them, when the...