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Sharif invites, Modi accepts, as simple as that
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Friday said that major political parties in Pakistan had welcomed the goodwill visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Pakistan.
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It was the primary time an Indian Prime Minister visited Pakistan in additional than 10 years.
“Today is a good day for Pakistan and India”, said Aitzaz Ahsan, a leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, while speaking on Geo, a private television-news network.
She said the benefits of peace were enormous, but war had none other than destruction.
Nehru, India’s first prime minister, made two visits to Pakistan: in 1953 and 1960. However, in his inimitable style, Modi first tweeted his greetings to Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif on the latter’s birthday and followed up by announcing his plan to drop by and meet him in person.
He arrived in Kabul early Friday morning and inaugurated Afghanistan’s new parliament building that was constructed with Indian assistance.
According to diplomatic sources, India was under intense global pressure following Pakistan’s strong stance at the United Nations and submission of three dossiers comprising proofs of Indian involvement in subversive activities in Karachi and Balochistan. Relations between the two countries have deteriorated over issues such as Kashmir and Pakistan’s handling of radical Islamic terrorist groups based in the country.
After a months of impasse, the situation between both the countries India and Pakistan seems like thaw.
In a statement, the UN Secretary General said, “Modi’s visit to Pakistan is in the right direction”.
Sharif hugged Modi after he landed at the airport in the eastern city of Lahore before the two boarded a helicopter for Sharif’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval nearby residence, state television showed.
The visit also appeared to be an effort by the media-savvy Modi to score positive headlines after a punishing few months at home, including his party’s defeat in an important state election and allegations that some BJP Hindu leaders were fueling religious strife with provocative comments against minority Muslims.
“Nawaz Sahab’s birthday & granddaughter’s marriage made it a double celebration”, he tweeted. Modi and Sharif talked for about 90 minutes and shared an early evening meal before the Indian leader flew back home. Pakistan scrapped formal talks with India in August, saying its neighbor’s conditions that keep Kashmir off the agenda are a hurdle. “But the basic issue of Kashmir will have to be resolved”.
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Further, Khan said that such meetings held between the prime ministers undermines a process whereby tensions can be eased, and raises questions and conflict of interest.