SCO summit: PM Modi meets Sharif at Astana amid tense India-Pak ties

Both Modi and Sharif are in Kazakhstan's capital to participate in the SCO Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the sidelines of the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Astana, the capital of kazakhstan, reported the Indian Express.

According to the national daily, the meeting was limited to small talk, with PM Modi enquiring about Sharif's health and his family. Sharif had undergone a cardiac surgery in the UK last year. This is the first meeting between the two leaders since the surgery. 

Both Modi and Sharif arrived in Kazakhstan's capital to participate in the SCO Summit, where both India and Pakistan