NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he was carrying a message of peace to India shortly before leaving Islamabad for New Delhi.
Mr Sharif hopes that the two neighbours will be able to ink a new chapter in ties. His remark in Islamabad, “main aman ka paigam le kar ja raha hoon (I am going with a message of peace)” perhaps sets the tone for his first bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Mr Modi tweeted that his pictures with his mother after he went to seek her blessings ahead of his swearing-in had touched Mr Sharif.
Mr Modi tweeted: “Nawaz Sharif ji told me that he stays in Islamabad but goes to meet his mother once in a week. This time when he was eating with his mother he saw visuals on TV of my mother offering me sweets.” In another tweet, he said, “The visuals touched both Nawaz Sharif ji & his mother. He told me that after seeing the visuals his mother got very emotional.”
