New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif are likely to meet in Russia. This is going to be the first formal meeting between the two leaders after May, 2014.
The PMO is expected to make an official announcement on this very soon.
Meanwhile, Pakistan goverment sources have said that the government is looking forward to the meeting and that several significant issues will be discussed.
Modi will leave for Russia and five other Central Asian countries on Monday. With focus on enhancing strategic, economic and energy ties, Modi is scheduled to travel from July 6 to 13 to five Central Asian countries and Russia where he will attend the summits of BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
The Prime Minister's visit will start with Uzbekistan from where he will go to Kazakhstan on July 7. He will then travel to Russia on July 8, before moving to Turkmenistan on July 10, Kyrgyzstan on July 11 and Tajikistan on July 12.
This comes after PM Modi on June 16 called Sharif to discuss Indo-Pak ties. In the five-minute call, Modi told Sharif that he wanted good relations with Pakistan, sources had said.
The call was made after a war of words over Myanmar operations. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had said that military action in Myanmar to hit back at rebels who killed 18 soldiers in Manipur was a message to other countries.
Pakistan had warned India against undertaking such a strike on its territory. "India should not mistake Pakistan for Myanmar and our army is fully capable of responding to any adventurism," Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had said.
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