"Modi will be welcomed whenever he comes to Pakistan.... We hope the high-level visit will take place," Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit said during an interaction with the media at the Press Club of India.
The Pakistani envoy termed as "good beginning" the meeting between Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in May here and said both of them struck a chord. Sharif had come here to participate in Modi's oath taking ceremony as Prime Minister.
"We are in touch with each other and things are moving forward," Basit said while replying to a question on the issue.
Holding that genesis of all issues stemmed from dispute over Jammu and Kashmir, the Pakistani envoy expressed his government's resolve for better ties with India and said engagement without interruption will be fundamental to achieve something.
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