Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his first day of office meeting the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation [SAARC] leaders who arrived yesterday for the swearing ceremony. Among them, meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in top of the agenda.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at Hyderabad House in Delhi around Noon and before this Mr Sharif will visit Red Fort, Chandni Chowk and Jama Masjid. A meeting with former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee is also in the list of Mr Sharif.
Trade between India and Pakistan are most likely to be the topic of Mr Modi and Mr Sharif meeting. The bilateral trade between the countries stood at USD 2.6 billion in 2012-13.
(AW: Vamshi)
