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After talks Manmohan accepts Zardari's offer to visit Pakistan |
The talks between Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
and visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari here today was constructive and held in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility with both sides expressing
satisfaction. Thanking Dr. Singh for hosting him on his private visit, Zardari
said India and Pakistan are neighbours and would like to have better relations.
He also invited the Indian Prime Minister to visit Pakistan . "I would like to
wish the people of India salaam alaikum. I am grateful to Manmohan Singh, the
Prime Minister of India, for inviting me for lunch although I am on a private
visit here. We have had some very fruitful bilateral talks together," said Zardari.
" India and Pakistan are neighbours, we would like to have better relations with
India . We have spoken on all topics that we wanted to and we are hoping to meet
on Pakistan soil very soon," he added. The Indian Prime Minister on his part expressed
satisfaction with the talks, and said both nations are willing to find practical,
pragmatic solutions to all issues. "President Zardari and I have had a very constructive
and friendly exchange of views on all bilateral issues, which affects the relationship
between India and Pakistan . President Zardari is on a private visit and I have
taken advantage of this visit to discuss with him all bilateral issues and I am
very satisfied with the outcome of this visit," said Dr. Singh. "And President
Zardari has also invited me to visit Pakistan . I would be very happy to visit
Pakistan on a mutually convenient date. The relations between India and Pakistan
should become normal, that's our common desire, we have a number of issues and
we are willing to find practical pragmatic solutions to all those issues. And
that's the message President Zardari and I would wish to convey," he added. Zardari,
who landed here at 12.10 pm at Palam Air Force Base (technical area) along with
his son Bilawal Bhutto, Interior Minister Rehman Malik and some senior officials,
will be flying off to Ajmer later in the day to pay obeisance at the shrine of
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. India and Pakistan, which have fought three wars since
their independence from British rule in 1947, have been slowly trying to repair
relations and agreed to resume formal peace talks broken off in the wake of the
Mumbai attack in 2008.
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