Both Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi have accepted Barack Obama's invitation to attend the nuclear summit in Washington on March 31 and April 1. (Reuters file photo)
Highlights
- PM Modi may meet Pak PM in Washington: Pak PM's Foreign Affairs Advisor
- PM Modi, Pak PM to attend nuclear summit in Washington later this month
- Foreign secretaries of both countries also likely to meet: Pak PM's aide
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may meet his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Washington later this month on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit, a top aide to Pakistan Premier said today.
"There are chances of meeting between the two (prime ministers)," Sartaj Aziz, the Foreign Affairs Advisor to Mr Sharif, told news agency PTI.
"There are possibilities, when they are here (in Washington DC). They would interact with each other. Whether there would be a structured meeting I do not know. Depends on...Chances are there (for a meeting)," Mr Aziz said.
The top Pakistani diplomat is in Washington to attend the sixth US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue which he co-chaired with Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday.
Mr Aziz said Mr Sharif would be travelling to Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit at the invitation of US President Barack Obama.
Mr Modi too has been invited to the Summit on March 31 and April 1.
No official announcement has been made yet.
Responding to a question on the status of India-Pak relationship after Mr Modi came to power in May 2014, Mr Aziz said in the first year the situation was "not good".
"But the last two months are better," Mr Aziz said.
Ahead of the Modi-Sharif meeting, Mr Aziz said there is likelihood of a meeting between the foreign secretaries of the two countries.
The timing of which has not been decided yet, he noted.
"We do not know (when foreign secretaries would meet). He (Indian Foreign Secretary) has to come to Islamabad first. We are hoping that now," Mr Aziz said after the breakfast meeting with Defence Writers Group.