The government of India on Saturdays said that Nawaz Sharif’s government in Pakistan has given positive signals in normalising bilateral ties but cautioned against expecting “magic overnight.”
Indian Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid said, “I think we should wait for a little more time and give them a little more time to show what they are able to do what they say they are capable of doing.”
He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening of ASEAN-India centre at Research and Information System (RIS) for developing countries.
“The government of India is engaged in both keeping track of what was happening in Pakistan and also ensuring that the channels of communication remain open in our interest,” he said.
Earlier, while addressing the gathering, he said the ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership had strong foundations of shared civilisational bonds, a recent history of common effort towards economic growth and prosperity and a common future that had to be secured not just within the new security and economic architecture of the Asia Pacific but also the Indo-Pacific.