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JATI UMRA- LAHORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday expressed their desire to carry forward the dialogue process for larger good of peoples of the two countries.
The two leaders met here at the residence of Prime Minister Sharif, as Prime Minister Modi made a brief surprise stopover in Lahore on his way back to New Delhi from Kabul. “Prime Minister of Pakistan welcomed the initiative of the Prime Minister of India to visit Lahore,” the Foreign Office Spokesman said in a statement issued after the meeting.
Earlier Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday was accorded a warm welcome as he made a brief surprise stopover here to meet his Pakistani counterpart. Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif received his Indian counterpart at the Allama Iqbal International Airport. The two leaders embraced and warmly shook hands. Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar were also present at the airport to receive the guest. A young girl presented a bouquet to the Indian leader. The two leaders later boarded a helicopter to the Prime Minister’s residence at Jati Umra.