Pak envoy welcomes Swaraj remarks, says time for 'new beginning' in ties

September 11, 2014 18:52

Pakistan today said it "could not agree more" with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's "no full stop" in diplomacy remark and noted that the time has come for making a "new beginning" in bilateral ties.

"I cannot agree more (with Swaraj) because in diplomacy, you need to keep the doors ajar," Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, said.

Stating that India is a "very important neighbour" for Pakistan, Basit said, "Unfortunately, we have a chequered history of our relations with India; but the time has come that we walk past the narratives of the past and make a new beginning."

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