Pakistani foreign office confirms PM Khan letter to Indian counterpart Modi

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani foreign office on Tuesday confirmed that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan had replied to a letter written by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Pakistan’s Republic Day on March 23.
Khan’s letter, dated March 29, thanked Modi for his note and said the people of Pakistan wanted peaceful and cooperative relations with all neighbors, including India. 
“Durable peace and security in South Asia is contingent upon resolving all outstanding issues between India and Pakistan, particularly the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,” Khan’s letter said. 
Arab News reached out to the foreign office spokesperson to confirm if the letter, first shared on social media, was official.
“Yes it is,” he replied in a text message.
India and Pakistan have fought three wars and had tense ties since gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1947. Relations worsened in 2019 and both sent combat planes into each other’s territory.
In a sign of rapprochement, India and Pakistan this month held the first meeting in three years of a commission on water rights from the Indus River. 
Last month, India and Pakistan announced a rare agreement to stop firing on the bitterly-contested Kashmir border.