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| PDP hails Modi's invitation to Nawaz Sharif, SAARC leaders | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 21: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti has welcomed the Prime Minister designate, Narendra Modi's decision to invite SAARC leaders including Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif to his swearing-in ceremony on May 26.
In a statement, she said this is a positive beginning that would generate hope among the people belonging to the large peace constituency in South Asia.
"It is encouraging to see Modi reaching out to his neighbors at the very beginning of his tenure as the Prime Minister. He has actually sent out an encouraging signal that he is serious to follow the Atal Bihari Vajpayee initiatives of friendship towards Pakistan," said Mehbooba.Expressing hope that the Pakistan Prime Minister who already has extended invitation to Modi to visit his country would respond positively to the invite, Mehbooba said Jammu and Kashmir looked up with renewed hope to a new beginning on resolution of Kashmir. She said Nawaz Sharif has already been part of a significant initiative on Indo Pak front when he hosted Vajpayee in Lahore and should now respond positively to the Modi invite as also the loud clamor for peace in his own country that is facing tremendous problems of violence. Mehbooba said Pakistan and Kashmir have historically been the two major challenges that all prime ministers have faced and it augurs well that Modi has recognized the importance of Pakistan as a neighbor at the outset and had set the ball rolling for a meaningful engagement.
This she said, should not remain confined to cosmetics of an inaugural ceremony but must result in solid progress on the ground. |
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