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Need solid outcome to visit Pakistan: PM - Rediff.com News
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will only travel toPakistan if he is assured of a "solid" outcome from the visit.
Waiting in the Leaders Lounge at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul on Tuesday afternoon, the prime minister, accompanied by National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, ran into his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.
After exchanging greetings and agreeing that things were moving quite well in bilateral relations, Dr Singh thanked Gilani for granting India Most Favoured Nation trading status.
Gilani said it was his intention to improve trade ties with India and the MFN status is a manifestation of that intention.
He revealed that it had not been entirely easy for his government to get the MFN deal done in Pakistan, but he had decided to move ahead with it.
"He said he had worked very hard on it," Dr Singh told reporters in a brief encounter on Air India One, the special aircraft transporting him and his delegation back from his three-day visit to South Korea.
The Pakistan prime minister also asked Dr Singh if India could supply power to his country from Punjab. "I told him we will look into it," the prime minister told reporters.
"He said 'You should come to Pakistan'," Dr Singh said, adding, "I told him after something solid."
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will only travel toPakistan if he is assured of a "solid" outcome from the visit.
Waiting in the Leaders Lounge at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul on Tuesday afternoon, the prime minister, accompanied by National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, ran into his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.
After exchanging greetings and agreeing that things were moving quite well in bilateral relations, Dr Singh thanked Gilani for granting India Most Favoured Nation trading status.
Gilani said it was his intention to improve trade ties with India and the MFN status is a manifestation of that intention.
He revealed that it had not been entirely easy for his government to get the MFN deal done in Pakistan, but he had decided to move ahead with it.
"He said he had worked very hard on it," Dr Singh told reporters in a brief encounter on Air India One, the special aircraft transporting him and his delegation back from his three-day visit to South Korea.
The Pakistan prime minister also asked Dr Singh if India could supply power to his country from Punjab. "I told him we will look into it," the prime minister told reporters.
"He said 'You should come to Pakistan'," Dr Singh said, adding, "I told him after something solid."
