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| Pak PM Nawaz Sharif Keen on Attendi |
| Pak PM Nawaz Sharif Keen on Attending Modi's Swearing-In, No Decision Yet: Sources
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| INDIA
, 23-May-2014
9:16:34 AM |
| Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is keen to come for Narendra Modi's swearing in ceremony on Monday but is weighing all options, sources told NDTV today. Islamabad's decision may be deferred to tomorrow.
"Mr Sharif is yet to make up his mind on the India visit," top sources said this evening.
Mr Modi will take the oath as Prime Minister after his BJP scored a landslide victory, securing the first majority by a single party in 30 years.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Afghan president Hamid
Karzai are among seven world leaders who have confirmed that they will attend the oath ceremony.
Invitations were sent to all heads of government from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which includes Pakistan. Foreign ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said Mr Modi will hold individual meetings with the invitees the day after his inauguration.
Pakistan has hailed Mr Modi's invitation as a "bold move."
"The invitation is a bold and an unexpected move. Mr Sharif does not share the anxiety that is felt by some quarters here in Pakistan because he has got some very fond memories of the previous BJP Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee coming to Lahore and he hopes that this anxiety about Modi and his past will fade away," Tariq Azim, media advisor to Mr Sharif's party, told NDTV.
After his own election last year, Mr Sharif's administration had suggested that the Indian PM be invited to attend his inauguration ceremony, but Manmohan Singh had declined.
Mr Modi's move signals a big shift in his party, the BJP's position on Pakistan. While campaigning for the general election, Mr Modi attacked the Congress-led UPA government for what he called a "stagnated" and "weak" foreign policy.
Parties in Tamil Nadu, including the ruling AIADMK and BJP's ally MDMK have opposed the participation of the Sri Lanka President.
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