Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Kashmir’s chief cleric who heads the moderate separatist Hurriyat group, added: “It is a positive move, a good step and we should welcome easing of tensions between the two countries”.
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Nawaz Sharif, flanked by his cabinet ministers, received Modi on the tarmac where military officers lined up along a red carpet.
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Further, sources added that before Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar leaves for Pakistan, he is likely to have review meetings with secretaries and departments concerned to understand the “possible new areas” of cooperation. One of the first public signs of the visit came Friday morning when Modi, during a stop in the Afghan capital of Kabul, tweeted that he is “looking forward to meeting” Sharif in Lahore, “where I will drop by on my way back to Delhi”. “On January 16, I will be with you to give a detailed overview of the campaign”, he said while welcoming suggestions from people, if any. The visit coincides with Sharif’s birthday and the wedding of his granddaughter.
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Responding to a point raised by Leader of the Opposition Aitzaz Ahsan, the Advisor said no secret meeting was held between the two prime ministers in Kathmandu. The Foreign Secretaries of both countries will be meeting in Islamabad on January 15 to announce a roadmap for the new, “comprehensive dialogue” that the two nations have begun. Reportedly, the visit was requested by Modi just hours earlier, before he flew back home from Afghanistan. Television footage showed an Indian Air Force jumbo jet land at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport in the late afternoon on Friday, moments after Sharif himself arrived by helicopter.
Aziz, special assistant on foreign affairs Tariq Fatemi and National Security Adviser Lieutenant General Nasir Khan Janjua could not join Sharif in the meeting at his Jati Umra residence.
“But yes, it’s a clear signal that active engagement can be done at a quick pace”, the aide said, declining to be identified.
A senior political analyst Imtiaz Gul said that improved relations of Pakistan and India will help in economic development and regional connectivity.
The two countries were born out of British colonial India in 1947, divided into Hindu-majority India and Islamic Pakistan.
In 2016, the summit will be the first occasion for Indian and Pakistani PMs to come together.
India and Pakistan relations have been tense since 2008 after Pakistani terrorists attacked Mumbai on November 26, and led to death of hundereds of civilians.
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“If the decision is not preposterous then it is utterly ridiculous”, Congress leader Manish Tewari said. India has also been a target.
