AHMEDABAD, May 16: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today telephoned Narendra Modi and congratulated him on BJP’s “impressive” victory in the just concluded general elections in India.
During his conversation, Sharif invited Modi to visit Pakistan.
“Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif spoke to Mr. Narendra Modi this afternoon and offered his congratulations and good wishes on the Bhartaya Janata Party’s impressive victory in the just concluded general elections in India,” an official release from the Pakistan Government said.
Sharif said he “closely” followed the Lok Sabha elections in India.
On his part, Modi said during the campaign he emphasised the need for India and Pakistan to fight against poverty.
Sharif followed in the footsteps of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had called and congratulated the Pakistan Premier when he won the polls last May.
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Pakistan in 1999 on the invitation of Sharif and they signed the Lahore Declaration. (PTI)
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