Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif will meet on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Russia on July 10.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif will meet on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Russia on July 10.
According to sources, the two leaders, who will be present in Ufa to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, will be meeting on the sidelines of it. However, the details of the meeting were not specified.
Modi and Sharif had last met in Kathmandu in November at the SAARC Summit where they did not, however, hold any bilateral meeting.
Earlier at the beginning of the holy month of Ramzan, the Prime Minister had called Sharif and extended his best wishes while stressing the need for having peaceful and bilateral ties. During his telephonic conversation, Modi had also conveyed to his Pakistani counterpart India's decision to release detained Pakistani fishermen on the occasion of Ramzan.
The call was seen by many as an attempt to reach out to Pakistan after leaders from both sides exchanged sharp comments after Modi's critical remarks about Pakistan during his Bangladesh visit and in the wake of India's military action in Myanmar.
Pakistan on Monday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will hold "important bilateral meetings" on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Russia this week but did not specify whether he will have an interaction with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Sharif will attend the 15th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Ufa, Russia, on July 9-10, the Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement. "The Prime Minister will also hold important bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the SCO Summit," it said. A Pakistani official on condition of anonymity said the Sharif-Modi meeting was likely to take place but refused to give details.
Last week, Pakistan had said no formal request was made by either side for a meeting but such interactions often take place on the sidelines of multilateral fora.
"No side has contacted the other for a meeting so far. However, as you would be aware, in any multilateral setting, meetings among Heads of State and Government is a normal feature," Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah had said when asked about the possibility of a Sharif-Modi meeting in Russia.
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