Email This to Friend(s)

Narendra Modi's First Day as Prime Minister
May 27, 2014 16:00 (IST)
Foreign Secretary on PM Modi's meeting with SAARC leaders:


  • PM Narendra Modi today had good and substantive meetings with all 8 leaders who are visiting India
  • All SAARC leaders invited the PM to visit. He accepted. The dates have to be worked out.
  • Good to see that all eight leaders graciously came and joined us. PM said their presence enriched our celebration
  • In meeting with Karzai, PM Modi thanked Afghan National Secuirty Forces for the help during the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat
  • PM Modi recalled the unique relationship India shared with Mauritius during his meeting with PM Ramgoolam
  • With his meeting with PM Koirala, PM Modi noted that Nepal was a deeply valued, old friend with whom India shared history, geography
  • During meeting with Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, PM urged him to expedite process of reconciliation which meets the aspirations of the Tamil population... There was an invitation to visit (Sri Lanka), all leaders invited, invites accepted... PM Modi, President Rajapaksa agreed to address the issue of fishermen on both the sides
  • In meeting with Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif, PM Narendra Modi underlined our concerns relating to terrorism... PM Modi conveyed to PM Nawaz Sharif that Pakistan must ensure speedy trial in 26/11 Mumbai attack case... PM underlined that Pakistan must abide by its commitment to prevent its territory from being used for terror

Q&A with journalists PM Modi's meeting with Nawaz Sharif:

  • Foreign Secretaries will meet and then we will see how best to take this forward
  • I can't share a record of discussions... Many things have been discussed - they spoke on terrorism. Don't want to say more than that
  • The Foreign Secretaries are going to be in touch to see the best way forward
  • There was a discussion on trade and we noticed that we were ready to normalise trade and market relations and both PMs expressed the desire to do this as early as possible
  • See, we want peaceful and friendly relations with Pakistan. However, for such relations, it is important that terror and violence is brought to an end

Send this Story to:

(max. 10 recipients)

Separate multiple addresses with commas (,)

Your Name:

Add a personal message:

Maximum 500 chars

Captcha: