Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told his Pakistani counterpart that while India desires normalized relations with its western neighbor – this would require “an environment of trust, free of terror, violence and hostility”.
The Indian foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday that Modi, a right-wing nationalist who was re-elected with an overwhelming majority last month, wrote a letter responding to a congratulatory message by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Tensions between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours have been high since February, when a military standoff saw them conduct air raids on each other’s territory and engage in an aerial dogfight that saw at least one Indian fighter jet shot down.
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