Strong mandate on both sides will help start new chapter: PM Nawaz

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday that a “strong mandate on both sides will help us start a new chapter.”

The prime minister in an interview with Indian journalist Barkha Dutt of NDTV said he was looking forward to meeting Narendra Modi.

The meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi is scheduled to take place on Tuesday at 12:00 PM.

During the interview with Dutt, Prime Minister Sharif said: “This is a great moment and a great opportunity for India and Pakistan.” The prime minister added that he was in India to pick up threads that were broken in 1999.

The prime minister emphasised that no two nations ever possessed so much cultural and traditional similarities as India and Pakistan. “Why not turn their similarities into our strength.”

“Both countries should rid the region of instability and security that has plagued us for decades,” Prime Minister Sharif said.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in India and attended the swearing-in ceremony of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.