Islamabad/New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted an invitation from his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani and would be visiting there at “mutually convenient” dates, according to the foreign office of that country.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar “handed over a letter of invitation from Gilani to Singh (who) accepted the invitation and said that he would visit Pakistan at mutually convenient dates”, said a press statement from her office.
Officials here confirmed that Singh had received the invitation but the Ministry of External Affairs and the Prime Minister’s Office are tight lipped if the trip was being indeed planned. “The invitation has been extended. That is it. Cannot say more,” an official said. (IANS)