New Delhi: Ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Pakistan next year, former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Modi should not expect dramatic results from his Pakistan visit as India’s past experiences on engagement with the Pakistan have not been positive.
In an interview to PTI Khurshid said ” Our past experiences have not been positive…not very satisfactory…so we are not sure that this time it will be any better. So, I think we have to be watchful; I don’t think we need to celebrate.
“I don’t think we should judge in a hurry but be watchful and then see how things pan out as we move forward,” he added.
When asked if Modi’s proposed visit to Pakistan would yield results, he said, “I don’t know. It may get us some results if we know what we are going for; we have to understand what’s happening in Pakistan; we have to understand the role of Army in Pakistan and (we have to) go with a practical view… not expecting something dramatic to happen”.
“He (Modi) does not talk to us. We don’t know what he is going to talk to Pakistan unless he talks to us,” said Khurshid.