Sharif, Modi may not meet in US

Islamabad, Sep 15: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may not hold bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, though they will be in New York next week for the UN General Assembly, a media report said on Tuesday. A bilateral meeting between the two leaders "is not on the cards", diplomatic sources told Dawn in Washington. When asked at a recent briefing if Washington would try to persuade Sharif and Modi to meet in New York next week, US State Department spokesman John Kirby said: "These are issues for the two to resolve together, and that's what we continue to encourage, a resumption of dialogue between the leaders of both India and Pakistan." Diplomatic sources told Dawn that despite its reluctance to get publicly involved in India-Pakistan disputes, the US was "actively involved" in reducing tensions between the two neighbours.

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