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Lahore: Pakistan is the "home" of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and he will be given a warm welcome whenever he chooses to visit the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday.
"Manmohan Singh was born in Pakistan. It is his home. We will welcome him whenever he wishes to come here," Gilani said during an interaction with representatives of the foreign media at his residence here.
Asked if he was inviting Singh to visit Pakistan, Gilani replied: "Whenever he wishes (to come to Pakistan), we will welcome him."
Singh was born in Chakwal in Pakistan's Punjab province, from where his family moved at the time of partition. Gilani said his Indian counterpart appeared to be "serious" about dialogue to usher in peace in the region.
Singh was facing pressure from the Indian public not to resume dialogue with Pakistan in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks but the two countries should not be held "hostage" by this incident, Gilani said.
India suspended the composite dialogue process after the Mumbai attacks, which were blamed on the Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba terror group.
Gilani and Singh have met several times on the sidelines of international gatherings like the UN General Assembly since then.
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on the margins of a SAARC meeting in Bhutan next month to discuss ways to normalise relations between the two countriesPak is home of Prime Minister of India: Gilani
"Manmohan Singh was born in Pakistan. It is his home. We will welcome him whenever he wishes to come here," Gilani said during an interaction with representatives of the foreign media at his residence here.
Asked if he was inviting Singh to visit Pakistan, Gilani replied: "Whenever he wishes (to come to Pakistan), we will welcome him."
Singh was born in Chakwal in Pakistan's Punjab province, from where his family moved at the time of partition. Gilani said his Indian counterpart appeared to be "serious" about dialogue to usher in peace in the region.
Singh was facing pressure from the Indian public not to resume dialogue with Pakistan in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks but the two countries should not be held "hostage" by this incident, Gilani said.
India suspended the composite dialogue process after the Mumbai attacks, which were blamed on the Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba terror group.
Gilani and Singh have met several times on the sidelines of international gatherings like the UN General Assembly since then.
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet on the margins of a SAARC meeting in Bhutan next month to discuss ways to normalise relations between the two countriesPak is home of Prime Minister of India: Gilani