ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Pakistan on Friday to meet his counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, the first time an Indian premier has visited in over a decade.
Sharif hugged Modi after he landed at the airport at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport.
Pakistan’s PM House spokesman said the two leaders discussed a range of bilateral issues.
Modi was on his way home after a visit to Russia. He stopped off in the Afghanistan capital Kabul earlier on Friday.
Modi and Sharif resumed high-level contacts with a brief conversation at climate change talks in Paris late last month, part of efforts to restart a peace dialogue.
Modi, who inaugurated a new parliament complex built with Indian help in Kabul, spoke to Sharif earlier on Friday to wish him on his 66th birthday.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 25, 2015
"Looking forward to meeting PM Nawaz Sharif in Lahore today afternoon, where I will drop by on my way back to Delhi," Modi tweeted.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 25, 2015
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