Nawaz Sharif seeks to sweeten India-Pakistan ties with mangoes to Narendra Modi

[jha]

The mango season may be on its last leg in India but in Pakistan the fruit is still sweet enough to temper the bitterness in ties between India and Pakistan.

After the recent acrimony over Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit's meeting with separatists, which forced India to cancel the foreign secretary-level dialogue, PM Nawaz Sharif has made an attempt to reach out to his counterpart Narendra Modi. Sharif, according to top sources, sent a box of choicest Pakistani mangoes — mostly Sindhri and Chausa — to Modi.

It is learnt that the mangoes, all personal favourites of Sharif, were delivered to Modi through "official channels" on Wednesday evening. Sharif's mango diplomacy, according to diplomatic sources, not just seeks to undo the damage to ties caused by the cancellation of talks but is also meant to act as a feeler from Islamabad that Pakistan is looking forward to a Sharif-Modi meet later this month in New York on the sidelines of UNGA.

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Nawaz Sharif seeks to sweeten India-Pakistan ties with mangoes to Narendra Modi - The Times of India

 

[Yaduveer]

India-Pakistan should meet directly without baggage of Hurriyat separatists.

Reducing the tension between two, would help in positive the foreign investors' sentiments across both side.

 

[SouthDesi]

Regardless of Mango diplomacy, Sharif is getting full support and sympathy from most of Indians(Jurnos to any Indian who follows Pakistani news) in current conflict.

 

[TankMan]

in Pakistan the fruit is still sweet enough

This guy used to think the same...........

(just a joke everyone, no need to explode)

 

[Winchester]

Pakistan needs to get rid of him..!