Saarc summit a milestone in improving Pak-India ties

05 Jan, 2004

The 12th South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (Saarc) summit being held in Islamabad was a milestone in improving relations between the two nuclear-capable powers in South Asian, said a leading British daily on Sunday.
The 79-year-old Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is in Pakistan ahead of a major regional summit, a milestone in improving relations between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, said one of the leading dailies "The Guardian in its comments on Sunday.
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has set foot on Pakistani soil for the first time in five years. He was greeted with a warmth that was unimaginable two years ago, when the two nations stood on the brink of war, it said.

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