When asked about the UN Chief’s response to Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Pakistan, the spokesperson said the Secretary General has always been encouraging the two countries to engage in dialogue.
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Mr Modi and Mr Sharif have met at a number of global venues in the last eighteen months and attempted to restart the old cycle of rounds of talks and dialogues.
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Modi, earlier in a tweet, said he was “looking forward to meeting PM Nawaz Sharif in Lahore today afternoon, where I will drop by on my way back to Delhi”.
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Briefing the media after the meeting at the Jati Umrah residence of the Sharifs, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said: “PM Modi’s visit to Lahore was not a planned one”.
“Among the decisions taken was that ties between the two countries would be strengthened and also people-to-people contact would be strengthened so that the atmosphere can be created in which the peace process can move forward”, Chaudhry said.
Mistrust between India and Pakistan runs deep and in Afghanistan many believe that Islamabad sponsors the Taliban insurgency to weaken the Kabul government and limit the influence of India.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, leader of the opposition Peoples Party of Pakistan, welcomed the Prime Minister’s surprise stoppage at Lahore.
The Kabul visit allowed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to formally hand over the Parliament complex, built with Indian assistance, to the Ghani government.
It was the first time an Indian premier had stepped foot on Pakistani soil in more than 10 years and was seen by analysts as a step towards normalising ties between the two neighbours which have fought three wars.
A detailed help to Modi stated that it will not be viewed like a quick change in India’s placement, and the visit was a natural choice from National Security Agent Ajit Doval and the PM.
Islamabad has always said that majority-Muslim Kashmir should have been a part of Pakistan.
So while Modi gently ribbed Pakistan about its obsession with “the mysterious Indian consulates”, in his address to Afghanistan’s parliament on December 25, he also spoke in the same speech of his hope that “Pakistan will become a bridge between South Asia and Afghanistan and beyond”.
The New York Times wrote that the “visit was a dramatic gesture to break the ice at a time when relations between Pakistan and India have been nearly completely stalled, after months of tension and canceled diplomatic exchanges”.
While most of the political groups, including separatists, have hailed Modi’s Lahore visit, Congress attacked Modi for his “unscheduled” visit to Pakistan and alleged it was not for promoting India’s national interest but to promote private business interests.
Modi, who sprang a surprise by making a sudden stopover in Lahore on his return to New Delhi from Kabul, said he had a spent a warm evening with the Sharif family at their family home.
An Indian journalist Barka Dutt claims in her book The Unquiet land that last November Modi and Nawaz Sharif met for an hour in Kathmandu during the Saarc summit.
The trip, which followed stops in Russian Federation and Afghanistan, was Modi’s first visit to Pakistan since taking office in May 2014. Congress leader Manish Tewari told ANI.
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Modi also made a veiled reference to Pakistan on the issue of cross-border terrorism in Afghanistan.
