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Pakistan PM Imran Khan Reaches Out to PM Modi for Bilateral Talks

The Pak PM & former cricketer wrote to PM Modi suggesting a meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers.

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New Pakistan Prime Minister and former international cricketer Imran Khan has reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to propose a resumption of bilateral talks after a “stalled dialogue process”. The invitation is his first formal proposal to hold talks since he assumed power on 11 August 2018.

Here is the text of the letter sent by Khan:

The Pak PM & former cricketer wrote to PM Modi suggesting a meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers.
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Khan proposed a high-level meet between Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj before the upcoming UN General Assembly. He also suggested a re-start of the dialogue process and invited PM Modi to visit Islamabad for the SAARC Summit.

In the letter, Khan expressed a willingness to discuss the issue of terrorism, and come to “mutually beneficial” outcomes on outstanding territorial issues like Jammu & Kashmir, Siachin, and Sir Creek.

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