On Monday, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered a brief congratulation to his counterpart Narendra Modi on his re-election in rival India, almost a week after the results came in. Born out of the partition of British-ruled India in 1947, the neighbors have fought two wars over the disputed territory of Kashmir.”Felicitations to Narendramodi (Modi) on taking oath as the Prime Minister of India,” he posted on X, in the first official comments from Pakistan.
Modi was sworn in on Sunday at a ceremony attended by South Asian leaders from Bangladesh, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka, however neighboring rivals China and Pakistan were not present.
Sharif’s brother and ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif attended the inauguration of Modi in 2014, a first in the history of nuclear-armed nations.But the neighbours have minimal relations and ties have worsened during a decade under Modi, who has ramped up his Hindu nationalist agenda.Pakistan suspended bilateral trade and downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi in 2019 after Modi revoked the limited autonomy of Indian-administered Kashmir in a move widely celebrated across India.
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