Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated on Monday arch rival India’s Narendra Modi on being sworn in as prime minister for a 3rd time period, within the first response by Islamabad to election outcomes throughout the border.
“Felicitations to @narendramodi on taking oath as the Prime Minister of India,” Sharif stated in a submit on X, a day after Modi took his oath and practically per week after election outcomes had been declared on June 4.
Modi was sworn-in on Sunday for a report equalling third time period after a shock election setback as he misplaced his outright majority and depends on regional events for assist in his first coalition authorities.
Nuclear-armed rivals and neighbours India and Pakistan have fought two wars and engaged in quite a few clashes, primarily over management of the Kashmir area within the Himalayas.
Ties between the 2 have been frozen since India ended the particular standing of Jammu and Kashmir state in 2019 and break up it into two federally administered territories.
New Delhi invited leaders of seven regional international locations to Sunday’s grand inauguration on the Rashtrapati Bhavan, or president’s palace, in New Delhi however Sharif wasn’t included.
Source: www.anews.com.tr