Indian officials respond over reports of PM Khan and PM Modi meeting
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NEW DELHI - Indian officials have responded over reports of PM Khan and PM Modi meeting on sidelines of SCO meeting.
India has dismissed reports about a structured meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Shanghai cooperation organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan that takes place in the 2nd week of June.
It will be for the first time both leaders will come face-to-face after the former cricketer was sworn-in as the prime minister of the Islamic nation last year.
"Report appearing in a section of the media about a possible meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is entirely speculative," said a government source.
Khan had called Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi on Sunday to congratulate him on his victory in the Lok sabha elections. During the conversation, no invite was extended to Imran Khan for the oath-taking ceremony that will take place on May 30.
In 2014, Modi had invited all SAARC leaders including the then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his swearing-in ceremony, in a major initiative to reach out to the neighbouring countries.
