LUCKNOW : Terming as “innovative diplomacy” the surprise meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart in Lahore, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said it was in line with Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s vision of Indo-Pak ties.
“The meeting is an innovative diplomacy,” Singh said at a function here to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Singh’s remarks came a day after Modi’s visit to Pakistan, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in more than a decade.
Modi, while returning from his visit to Russia and Afghanistan, made a surprise stop at Lahore last evening.
The Home Minister opined that after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, it was Prime Minister Modi who has raised the dignity of India infront of the world.
“In independent India, after Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji, if there is someone who has made the country proud and raised its dignity in front of the world, it is Narendra Modi,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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