SAARC summit begins; will PM Narendra Modi meet Nawaz Sharif?

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 26, 2014:  Even as India seeks to reinvigorate ties with the SAARC nation, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin on Tuesday night put all speculation to rest of a possible India-Pakistan bilateral meeting at the SAARC summit in Kathmandu today, saying that India is for a meaningful dialogue and that meaningful dialogue bilaterally would mean something very specific.

 

As the buzz around the likely bilateral meeting between the two leaders overtook the summit, Akbaruddin said that Pakistan knows what meaningful dialogue means as they know us and understand us. Our emphasis has always been on meaningful dialogue, it has meaning in diplomacy.

The comments from the MEA came hours after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif put the onus on India for the resumption of talks between the two countries, saying that the "ball is in India’s court" while adding that the cancellation of talks earlier was a ’unilateral’ decision.

Sharif congratuates Nepal for holding the SAARC summit and expresses his gratitude to the Nepali PM.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins his address.

Along with PM Narendra Modi, leaders of other SAARC nations Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Afghanistan and Bhutan are present.

PM Modi arrives at the venue of the 18th SAARC summit, Rastriya Sabha Griha, in Kathmandu.

 

Courtesy: Zeenews