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Prime Minister Narendra Modi made short visit to Pakistan

Pakistan promised foolproof security at the Lahore airport and assured a Pak Air Force Chopper would fly both PMs to Raiwind and back.

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“Modi stopping over at Lahore and visiting the ancestral home of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is the beginning of new era of friendship between India and Pakistan”, BJP spokesman Khalid Jehangir said today.


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Earlier, Mr Sharif’s spokesman said the pair were due to discuss a range of bilateral issues, including the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir – the most contentious issue dividing India and Pakistan.

“The challenge in India-Pakistan relations has always been to keep up the momentum of talks despite hiccups that are inevitable”, J. Jegannathan, professor of South Asian studies at the Central University of Jammu, told The Telegraph.

“This round is different because there is backing from the top where it matters … the army chief is himself on board”, a top diplomat said before the visit.

The New York Times, which quite often has been critical of the Prime Minister, while underscoring the significance of Modi’s impromptu trip to Lahore said the Indian leader in the past has moved from one policy to the other and described it as “a diplomatic dance”.

He said both the prime ministers had five meetings. The report further states that even though no formal announcement has been made regarding this, Modi and Sharif are likely to attend the event.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “self obsessed narcissist” and his “Mann Ki Baat” programme has disappointed the nation.

The PPP leader, however, did not agree with the foreign secretary that Modi-Nawaz meeting was “sudden”. “As we have long said, improved relations among neighbours will benefit the entire region”, spokesperson John Kirby said on Saturday. Later that evening, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary announced a meeting between him and his Indian counterpart would take place in mid-January.

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They held talks and chose to open ways for peace for the “larger good” of the people of the two countries.

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