Prime Minister Modi and Sharif bilateral talks end at Ufa

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif concluded their bilateral talks in Ufa on Friday. The talks, which began at around 9.20 a.m. local time, continued for an hour. Doordarshan News @DDNewsLive tweeted: “#Ufa: Meeting between PM Modi & Nawaz Sharif ends.”

The two leaders shook hands before sitting down for bilateral talks, that were held after more than a year. The Indian side also had National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar. The Pakistani side had Sartaj Aziz, the country’s top advisor on foreign affairs, besides other officials. (IANS)