Pakistan keen to develop good ties with India: Sharif
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The premier said that Pakistan's enemy wants to sabotage the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project.
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Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday Pakistan is keen to develop good relations with India on the basis of sovereign equality.
“Pakistan is keen to develop good relations with India on the basis of sovereign equality as well as mutual respect and interest” Sharif said during a meeting with Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit at the PM House in Islamabad. Basit briefed the prime minister on the state of Pakistan-India relations with particular reference to latest developments.
On Tuesday the premier said that Pakistan’s enemy wants to sabotage the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
Wednesday’s meeting came in the background of constant verbal exchanges between the two countries with India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj saying Pakistan-India talks will only be held under the condition that Pakistan takes action against terrorists like Lakhvi and others for carrying out terror acts in India.
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