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India's Modi to invite Pakistan's Sharif to inauguration

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21-05-2014 | 04:36

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Narendra Modi has invited the leaders of Pakistan and other neighbours to his inauguration as prime minister, a spokeswoman for his party said on Wednesday, in a bold step to embark on a policy of regional engagement.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be on the guest list of leaders from the eight-member South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) invited to attend Modi's swearing in next Monday, spokeswoman Nirmala Sitharaman said.

"All the SAARC countries have been invited through the proper channels to be part of the swearing-in ceremony" Sitharaman said. It was not immediately clear if Sharif would accept. Analysts said the visit would be politically difficult.

If the Pakistani prime minister were to attend the planned ceremony in the forecourt of the presidential mansion, it would be a first in the history of the nuclear-armed rival nations who have fought three wars since independence in 1947.

Pakistan's high commission in New Delhi said it had not yet received an invitation, which must be issued formally by the foreign ministry. Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa will participate in the inauguration, his office said.

"The president has got the invitation similar (to) all other South Asian leaders. President Rajapaksa...will participate in the inauguration," a presidential aide told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

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