“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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A source present in the meeting said the leaders of the nuclear-armed nations “chatted like old friends” as they ate vegetarian food, with the Indian premier telling Sharif, “Your sincerity is beyond doubt”.
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Sushmatold the media there that Modi would visit Islamabad next year to attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit. The warmth of relations created by the Lahore meeting, he added, would hopefully have an impact on the formal dialogue.
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“This round is different because there is backing from the top where it matters”.
The Adviser said the Foreign Secretaries would draw up a map for the next six months for talks on ten identified subjects.
On the government’s “Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme”, he said it has received a place in the Guinness World Records as the largest direct benefit transfer scheme.
“Talks may be derailed by a terror attack”, said former Indian foreign secretary Lalit Mansingh. “How can I reach out to them without your help”, the prime minister added.
But a series of setbacks followed after New Delhi declared a new “red line” for talks – that Pakistani officials and leaders would not meet Kashmiri separatists before any bilateral negotiations.
With a military man having a greater say in the process, there is more confidence about discussing such sensitive topics, several officials said. His was the first high-profile diplomatic transition in Islamabad after the formation of the new PML-N-led federal government in Pakistan.
“There is better division of labour”.
“We are not questioning the PM’s visit, we want results”.
Agreeing with PM Modi, Sharif brothers supposedly told him – “Well stated”.
It further questioned BJP’s response, had a Congress Prime Minister made an unannounced stopover in Pakistan.
“Traditional build-up to an Indian PM’s visit to Pakistan would have seen different interest groups bringing all kinds of pressure to bear”, Theimes of India said.
Stating that every youth associated with IITs, IIMs, Central Universities and NITs in the country will be linked to this programme through live connectivity, Modi said the talent of our youth is not restricted to a few cities.
Chairman of the main opposition of Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto, welcomed Modi’s visit.
“I must mention one common bond between Modi and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif”. Critics in both India and Pakistan were quick to point this out last week. According to various reports, the story goes that Modi accepted an invitation to visit Lahore after speaking with Sharif to wish him well on his birthday.
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As the two foreign secretaries will meet on January 15, Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar has started making preparations for his upcoming visit to Islamabad. Within minutes, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted: “That’s like a statesman”.
