Pakistan makes strong pitch for normalisation of ties with India
15 Sept 2014 4:12 AM IST
The remarks were made by Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit in New Delhi, days after External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said there was no ‘full stop’ in diplomacy while replying on the future strategy towards talks with Pakistan.
Addressing a meet of businessmen from India and Pakistan, Basit also talked about his meeting with India’s national security adviser Ajit Doval earlier in the day and said both agreed that destinies of both the nations are inter-linked and there was a need to move forward.
‘We both agreed that the time has now come to get out of this pattern (taking a step forward and two steps backward) and to have a new narrative which helps our two countries to keep moving forward. That is easier said than done,’ Abdul Basit said at the meet, held on the margins of Pakistan trade fair here.
Addressing a meet of businessmen from India and Pakistan, Basit also talked about his meeting with India’s national security adviser Ajit Doval earlier in the day and said both agreed that destinies of both the nations are inter-linked and there was a need to move forward.
‘We both agreed that the time has now come to get out of this pattern (taking a step forward and two steps backward) and to have a new narrative which helps our two countries to keep moving forward. That is easier said than done,’ Abdul Basit said at the meet, held on the margins of Pakistan trade fair here.
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