April 17, 2026 10:43 pm (IST)
PM Modi to visit Pakistan next year: Sushma Swaraj in Islamabad
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pakistan next year, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Islamabad on Wednesday, according to media reports in Pakistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit there, Swaraj was quoted saying by a Pakistan's Geo TV channel on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia (HoA) Summit.
Sushma Swaraj attended at lunch hosted for HoA Ministers by PM Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday.
Earlier, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday met her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad during a banquet hosted by the latter for all delegates' heads assembled for a conference on Afghanistan.
On the sidelines of an UN summit in Paris where world leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif recently.
The two leaders shook hands as the image of the same was tweeted by India's Ministry of External Affairs.
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