Take advantage of Sharif's peace initiatives: Envoy to India

January 01, 2014 14:17

Asking India to take advantage of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's "genuine interest" in improving ties, Pakistan's new envoy to the US Jalil Abbas Jilani has said New Delhi will "lose a big opportunity if they do not."

Jilani, who had earlier served in the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, said Sharif had a "genuine interest" in improving relations with India.

"They will lose a big opportunity if they do not," Jilani, the former foreign secretary, was quoted as saying by the Dawn.

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