Indian President Manmohan Singh told Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the Seoul nuclear safety summit that India was willing to export 5,000MW of electricity to Pakistan to enable the country meet its energy requirements, Geo News reported on Wednesday.
Earlier, the Indian PM told reporters on board his special aircraft while returning from a four-day visit to South Korea that Gilani had asked him if India could supply power to Pakistan from Punjab. “I said we will look into it,” he said.
Welcoming Pakistan’s move to liberalise trade with India, Singh said he could visit the neighbouring country if there was something solid to celebrate. “I had a good meeting with him (Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani). I thanked him for the trade concessions that they have announced,” the Indian prime minister said.
Singh said he thanked the Pakistani prime minister for the trade concessions his government had made to India recently.
Singh said Gilani asked him when he was coming to Pakistan on an official visit. “He (Gilani) said when are you coming there (Pakistan). So, I said let us do something solid so that we can celebrate,” Singh said.
“It was a pull aside, but a little more extended,” Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said of the two PMs meeting. While Singh was accompanied by Mathai and National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, Gilani was accompanied by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. Pakistan’s trade concessions were seen as a move towards granting India the ‘Most Favoured Nation’ status under World Trade Organisation rules and a major boost towards normalising economic ties.
Later briefing reporters on the meeting, Mathai said both leaders believed that things were moving quite well in bilateral relations.
He said Singh appreciated the fact that discussions on trade relations had moved forward as committed by Gilani.
… what rubbish …
… with 12 hour daily power cuts in E Punjab, and industry in tatters over there … and with up to eighteen hours of power cuts daily … Sardarji seems to have been intoxicated with the fallacious India Shining slogan … Where is that power, Mr PM?
… India has parrotted the make-believe Shing India mantra so much … that has started believing the lie ….
India's idiot PM should care for India first.
he is right….. in exchange of electricity we will build toilet in india 🙂
Geo Manmohan ji… Now we should hope of good things from you dear sir. As we are hopeless from our PM (Big Fool)
our pm too fool
Ek aadmin kuch den chah raha hai..aur kuch chutiye uska mazaak uda rahen hain..ha ha ha..isiliye pakistan ka ye haal hai..ladd ladd kar mar jaoge salon
I don't see the reason why India should not, if Pakistan lifts objections over India's water management/Hydel projects in northern tributaries/J&K…
what an idea mmohan ji…(shame of u mohan) here in TN,.. peoples have 8 hours of powercut.. how u prefer this kind of trade can make ur country better..?
Tamilnattula 12hrs power cut and Govt is fighting with Kudankulam people for 1000MW plant. I think he might have thease much power in his pocket. please release some to TN too:-):-)
yea yea, India sucks, Pakistan is great. Hindu suks and muslims are great. Lets go jihad!!! yea
this what some of you always do if some give you help! Pak misuse that like U.S help, And if wanted the friendship with india then you never tell this hell.
friends always share everything may they have shortage.
All pakies comments show their mentality
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