Jamali invites Vajpayee
to visit Pakistan

May 03, 2003 14:22 IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarulla Khan Jamali on Saturday extended a formal invitation to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to visit Pakistan.

The invitation came a day after the two countries agreed to restore full diplomatic ties.

A letter of invitation to Vajpayee from Jamali was handed over to the Acting Indian High Commissioner T C A
Raghvan in Islamabad

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on Saturday morning.

Raghvan told PTI that he was called to the Pakistan Foreign Office and handed over the letter.

The letter of invitation followed shortly after Jamali had a telephonic conversation with US Secretary of State Colin
Powell, media reports said.

Powell had on Friday welcomed as "very, very promising" Vajpayee's initiative to send a high commissioner to Pakistan
and restore air-links on reciprocal basis.

K J M Varma in Islamabad