Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry addressed media after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise visit to Lahore today. Below are the highlights:
- It was a good visit
- Meeting was held in very cordial atmosphere
- It was decided to initiate comprehensive bilateral dialogue
- It has been decided that there will be more interaction, people to people contact to create an environment of goodwill.
- All issues in composite dialogue to be taken up
- Foreign secretaries of both countries could meet in January in Islamabad
- We need to see the issues and we need to open road of peace
- Both countries should address each others' concerns and understand them.
- They should open avenues of peace with each other
- Both civil and military establishments are on the same page.
- I was lucky to be in Lahore today or else I would have missed this meeting.
- If we had been given some notice, then the foreign secretaries and other high ranking officials could have attended the meeting.