Nawaz Sharif Surprise on his birthday

In the public eye, ties between New Delhi and Islamabad ranged from cold at best, to hostile. Following Prime Minister Narendra  Modi’s whirlwind visit to Moscow and a fleeting stopover in Kabul, he announced on Friday that he will be stopping at Lahore in the afternoon en route New Delhi. And during this brief visit, he will have an airport meeting and lunch with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif… on his



birthday.After tweeting birthday greetings to the Pakistani PM, Modi revealed his plans over the course of a few tweets:I wish the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Nawaz Sharif on his birthday and pray that he remains in wonderful health. A little over a year after the Kathmandu summit and amid all sorts of antagonistic statements from cabinet members from both governments, Modi and Nawaz would then meet in a low-profile engagement on the sidelines of the Paris Climate Change Summit: