*ISLAMABAD – **Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan makes yet another offerto Indian PM Narendra Modi.*
*Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a letter to PM Narendra Modi, said thatIslamabad wants talks with New Delhi to resolve all reconcilable problems,including the Kashmir issue.*
This comes a day after India said Modi is not scheduled to meet hisPakistani counterpart on the sidelines of an upcoming regional summitdespite both leaders exchanging warm words following Modi’s landslidere-election last month.
Modi and Pakistan’s Imran Khan will travel to Kyrgyzstan for the ShanghaiCooperation Organization (SCO) meet next week, but Indian foreign ministryspokesperson Raveesh Kumar had told reporters that no “bilateral meeting”between the two was being planned.
New Delhi has suspended bilateral dialogue with Islamabad since 2016 overits alleged support to militant groups in the Kashmir region that isdivided between the two countries and a longstanding territorial dispute.
In the letter, PM Khan congratulates PM Modi on his second term as thePrime Minister of India. He also said talks between the two nations werethe only solution to help both countries’ people overcome poverty and thatit was important to work together for regional development.
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The letter, *The Indian Express*reported, was sent through diplomaticchannels two days ago.
Imran Khan said Pakistan desires the resolution of all problems, includingthat of the Kashmir issue.
This is the second time after Modi was re-elected to power that thePakistani premier has expressed his desire to work together with India forthe betterment of their peoples.
