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In Meeting With Nawaz Sharif, PM Narendra Modi Raises Terror, 26/11 Attacks
On his first full day as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi today talked tough with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, raising cross-border terror and the 26/11 trial in a 50-minute meeting described by many as an ice-breaker.
Sources said Mr Modi, who took oath yesterday, had a five-point agenda for his talks with Mr Sharif, the first being that terror attacks must end.
Mr Modi, sources said, also told Mr Sharif that the trial in Pakistan of those accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was "too slow" and no action had been taken the plotters.
The attack on the Indian consulate at Herat in Afghanistan on Friday was also reportedly discussed. Afghan president Hamid Karzai has blamed Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the assault.
The new Prime Minister is also believed to have discussed the need to push trade ties between the two countries.
While campaigning for the national election, Mr Modi had repeatedly targeted the Congress-led government for engaging with Pakistan and for what he called its "weak foreign policy."
New Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj was with Mr Modi for his bilateral interactions with Mr Sharif and other South Asian leaders who witnessed his inauguration at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.
Mr Sharif later left to visit Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was the prime minister when he last came to India.
On Monday, Mr Sharif told NDTV, "We should remove fears, mistrust and misgivings about each other. I want to pick up the broken threads from where Mr Vajpayee and I left off in 1999."
Before his talks with Mr Modi, the Pakistan Prime Minister visited the Red Fort, Chandni Chowk and Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi.
Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam or head priest of Jama Masjid, quoted Mr Sharif as saying that he has come to India with a "message of peace and to build closer ties."
Yesterday, the two prime ministers talked about their mothers when they met briefly after the swearing in ceremony.
India and Pakistan, who have fought three wars since Independence in 1947, have shared frosty ties in the past year over border tension that escalated with the killing of Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops.
In Meeting With Nawaz Sharif, PM Narendra Modi Raises Terror, 26/11 Attacks | NDTV.com
On his first full day as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi today talked tough with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, raising cross-border terror and the 26/11 trial in a 50-minute meeting described by many as an ice-breaker.
Sources said Mr Modi, who took oath yesterday, had a five-point agenda for his talks with Mr Sharif, the first being that terror attacks must end.
Mr Modi, sources said, also told Mr Sharif that the trial in Pakistan of those accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was "too slow" and no action had been taken the plotters.
The attack on the Indian consulate at Herat in Afghanistan on Friday was also reportedly discussed. Afghan president Hamid Karzai has blamed Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the assault.
The new Prime Minister is also believed to have discussed the need to push trade ties between the two countries.
While campaigning for the national election, Mr Modi had repeatedly targeted the Congress-led government for engaging with Pakistan and for what he called its "weak foreign policy."
New Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj was with Mr Modi for his bilateral interactions with Mr Sharif and other South Asian leaders who witnessed his inauguration at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.
Mr Sharif later left to visit Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was the prime minister when he last came to India.
On Monday, Mr Sharif told NDTV, "We should remove fears, mistrust and misgivings about each other. I want to pick up the broken threads from where Mr Vajpayee and I left off in 1999."
Before his talks with Mr Modi, the Pakistan Prime Minister visited the Red Fort, Chandni Chowk and Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi.
Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam or head priest of Jama Masjid, quoted Mr Sharif as saying that he has come to India with a "message of peace and to build closer ties."
Yesterday, the two prime ministers talked about their mothers when they met briefly after the swearing in ceremony.
India and Pakistan, who have fought three wars since Independence in 1947, have shared frosty ties in the past year over border tension that escalated with the killing of Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops.
In Meeting With Nawaz Sharif, PM Narendra Modi Raises Terror, 26/11 Attacks | NDTV.com
