An image of Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested in March 2016, on display during a press conference by Pakistan’s army spokesman and the Information Minister, in Islamabad, Pakistan.

:: The wife and mother of an Indian naval officer facing the death penalty for espionage in Pakistan will arrive for a rare meeting with him in the country’s capital, despite lingering tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.

Mohammad Faisal said India informed Islamabad about the visit on Saturday. He added that the two women will fly to Islamabad on Monday to meet with Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested in March 2016 by Pakistani officials after he entered the country from neighboring Iran. Jadhav will be brought to the ministry for the meeting, and India wants Pakistan to bar journalists from speaking with the family members for security reasons.

A security official said the two women will meet with Jadhav in the presence of three Indian diplomats.

“The mother and wife of Jadhav will be able to see and talk to him but there will be a partition between them for security reasons,” said the official, who is involved in making arrangements for the meeting.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief the media.

Jadhav and his wife have petitioned the Pakistan army for a pardon, but have yet to receive a response.

Pakistan says Jadhav was working for the Indian spy agency, RAW.