“It has been consistently our policy that we should deal with all outstanding issues,” says the Indian premier. PHOTO: AFP
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that both he and incoming Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif want to take relations between the two nations forward and resolve outstanding issues peacefully, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI).
Talking to reporters on his way back from his trip to Japan and Thailand, Singh said that both leaders had invited each other to visit their countries. “I rang up Nawaz Sharif on the very first day the election results were coming out... I conveyed my congratulations to him and I reciprocated his sentiments that India-Pakistan relations should move forward,” PTI cited Singh as saying.
“I invited him to visit India [and] he invited me to visit Pakistan. [But] there is no firm decision on either side,” he maintained.
“It has been consistently our policy that we should deal with all outstanding issues,” the Indian premier maintained.
“We are committed to resolving them in a peaceful manner. That is also the sentiment that was reciprocated by Nawaz Sharif,” Singh added.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 1st, 2013.
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at least they dont run away and alert the police about the danger they felt
@Gulam Rasool "Kuldeep sharma":
I have seen the "respect" your indian passport gets at Heathrow, Charles de Gaulle and Dubai! People pinch their nose and move away from the queue as it smells like madras masala!
Mr. Singh is receiving signals ... hmmz where are your antennas :)
@Lala Gee: Here is a list - you forgot some. Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen Glacier, Sir Creek, East Pakistan, Junagadh & Hyderabad.
Indian Prime Minister can chat freely on everything except J&K, Sir Creek, Siachen Glacier and Dams. If Pakistanis are willing to speak its ok, if not better. Do I care ? NO
@Lala Gee "dishonorable Indians" you are right dear, i haven't received such reception neither at Wellington nor JFK Airport, compared to Pakistani passport holder (ohhhhhhh my Indian Passport, such a poor one)
@Saurav:
"The Kargil dagger is still lodged too deep in our backs for us to believe Mr. Sharif."
The East Pakistan, Kashmir, and Siachen stabbings are far far deep in the souls of Pakistanis to ever forget, forgive, and trust dishonorable Indians.
The Kargil dagger is still lodged too deep in our backs for us to believe Mr. Sharif.
Indian PM rejected to visit pak. India has never tried to develop good relations with pakistan. Two nation theory is the base of Pakistan. Two nation theory cannot be discarded. If india gets positive then Bissmillaah if not then Pakistan is sufficient for India. cheers
@abc:
India will remain irrational towards Pakistan, becaus of the 'Angst' which the Indian people and its leaders have inherited from their ancestors who lived under the rule of muslim monarchs..
This 'angst' damages the 'trust' neurons of the human brain and impacts the automatic function of the Brain cells, causing irrational dcisions by the affected people.
Rex Minor
Mr.Singh.......Will you please, for once, also send a positive signal?
Every successive India Prime Minister has said the same thing. However, the peace between two countries remains a distant dream. Please go through the following link to find out what first Prime Minister said on various occasions about Indo-Pak relations;
http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article4219.html
Have we moved an inch from what Mr. Nehru said? Will we move ? I am not sure. We may never become friendly neighbors unless Pakistan discards two nation theory. Under the circumstances the best would be to manage their relations so that people can go around with their day to day business. Task is not impossible. It just requires little will power from both sides. If Kashmir is made to be the central issue, peace will never return to the sub-continent. Solution has to be found without altering the present boarders.