ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Indian counterpart NarendraModi will meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on June 13-14, reported *The Print*link.
The meeting will be the first time the two leaders meet since PM Imranassumed office in August 2018. The meeting is also expected to kickstarttalks between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
An Indian official who confirmed the meeting, told *The Print* thatofficials from both sides will be talking behind the scenes over the nextfew days to set the agenda of the meeting.
PM Imran spoke to Modi last week to congratulate him and his party over thevictory in the recent parliamentaryelections, reiterating his vision for peace and prosperity in South Asia.
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“PM [Imran] spoke to PM Modi today and congratulated him on his party’selectoral victory in Lok Sabha elections in India. PM expressed his desirefor both countries to work together for betterment of their peoples,”Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal tweeted.
