Bishkek sources stated that Funze restaurant in Bishkek hosted the global leaders for dinner on Thursday and anticipated a face-off between Prime Minister Narendra modi and pakistan’s Prime Minister imran khan as the two leaders sat across the table but nothing happened. A source told “Koi dua-salaam nahin hua (there was no exchange of pleasantries)”. At the cultural concert which followed the dinner, the two leaders sat in the first row separated by seven dignitaries.
Furthermore when referring to PM modi’s re-election, Khan told Sputnik, “But we hope now that the current Prime Minister has one big mandate, we hope that he will use this mandate to develop a better relationship and bring peace in the subcontinent.” Reportedly when asked on diplomatic meeting with PM modi, Khan said, “Well, we have already indicated to india that after the elections. We actually tried before the elections, but unfortunately we felt that before the elections Prime Minister modi’s party was building up this hysteria, unfortunately, the anti-pakistan feeling among its people, appealing to its right-wing Hindu nationalists, and so there was no chance of peace before the elections.”
Imran said “There is no way two nuclear-armed countries should think of resolving the differences through military means. It is madness. So we hope that now we can progress, use dialogue to resolve our differences”.
