Modi Meets Pakistan’s Sharif on First Day as India’s Leader
This article is for subscribers only.
On his first official day as India’s leader, Narendra Modi met Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as the nuclear-armed neighbors seek to bolster ties that have been strained for decades.
Modi said the two nations could “move immediately” to improve trade ties while calling on Pakistan to prevent its territory from being used for terrorism against India, Sujatha Singh, the top bureaucrat in India’s foreign ministry, told reporters in New Delhi today. Modi accepted invitations to visit Pakistan and other nations in the region, she said.