Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore to meet his Pakistani counterpart saying such initiatives send positive message that India is committed to have good relations with its neighbours.
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Modi and Sharif shook hands and chatted briefly in Kathmandu in November a year ago, although a recent book by an Indian journalist says they also held a secret one-hour meeting, a claim denied by the Indian foreign office. India and Pakistan came into existence in 1947 when they were created out of Britain’s former colony. “Better relations between neighbors India and Pakistan will benefit the people of the entire region”, US State Department spokesman John Kirby said.
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Britain’s influential Guardian newspaper said the visit raised hopes that stop-and-start negotiations between Pakistan and India might finally make progress.
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A senior security official close to the talks process was wary when responding to the Modi visit.
In a statement, the UN Secretary General said, “Modi’s visit to Pakistan is in the right direction”. “I was preset in Lahore thereby I attended the meeting”, he said.
He stated the development in relations between the 2 nations was vital to regional peace, stability and improvement.
Ma praised the Modi Government for its outreach to Pakistan.
Yet members of the opposition Congress party denounced the “unpredictable” act, calling it un-statesmanlike, with some complaining such an important meeting should not have been announced on Twitter.
The greatest bouquets for Modi came from Jammu and Kashmir, which is at the heart of India-Pakistan tensions. The U.S. has always believed that as the larger country in South Asia, India should be more magnanimous towards its neighbours.
Inviting Mr. Modi’s visit, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has said that it would accommodating for peace and dependability in the area. “He’s disruptive. He’s setting aside old taboos”, Neelam Deo, a director at Gateway House think-tank in Mumbai told AFP.
Aziz Ahmed, a refugee from Indian-controlled Kashmir called the meeting a “mere photo session”. Therefore, he is investing a lot of personal capital into this and taking a risk.
But in a sudden sign of softening positions, the national security advisers of the two countries met in Bangkok early this month, followed by Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Islamabad where the two sides agreed to resume comprehensive talks.
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A second member of Sharif’s cabinet said the same of Modi.
