Both leader­s are attend­ing the SCO summit in Kyrgyz­stanIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Prime Minister Imran Khan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit meeting in Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, India’s The Print has reported. Quoting Indian official sources, The Print said Modi exchanged pleasantries with Imran at the leaders’ lounge at the summit venue. PM Imran had called Modi on May 26, expressing his desire to work together. One day before the Indian poll results, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had also told his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in Bishkek that Pakistan wanted peace. Since coming into power in 2018, PM Imran has repeatedly voiced Pakistan’s desire for peace, but the Modi administration has not reciprocated these peace gestures.

Source: The Express Tribune June 14, 2019 16:41 UTC