PM Modi, Nawaz Sharif exchange greetings in Astana

June 08, 2017 23:43

Amid strained ties between the two countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif exchanged greetings at at a cultural gala in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Media reports claimed that PM Modi inquired about Sharif's health.

Reports also said that Modi enquired about Sharif's mother and his family.

Modi, Sharif, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were among the top leaders who attended the reception hosted by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Both Modi and Sharif arrived in Astana today to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit which will tomorrow induct both India and Pakistan as its full members.

Ties between India and Pakistan have nosedived over a range of issues including beheading of two soldiers by the Pakistan military along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir and the death sentence handed down to former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav by a military court in Pakistan on charges of spying. The International Court of Justice has stayed Jadhav's execution.

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