Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry addressed media after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise visit to Lahore today. Below are the highlights:
It was a good visit
Meeting was held in very cordial atmosphere
It was decided to initiate comprehensive bilateral dialogue
It has been decided that there will be more interaction, people to people contact to create an environment of goodwill.
All issues in composite dialogue to be taken up
Foreign secretaries of both countries could meet in January in Islamabad
We need to see the issues and we need to open road of peace
Both countries should address each others' concerns and understand them.
They should open avenues of peace with each other
Both civil and military establishments are on the same page.
I was lucky to be in Lahore today or else I would have missed this meeting.
If we had been given some notice, then the foreign secretaries and other high ranking officials could have attended the meeting.