New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who was amongst the first leaders to shake hands with the new Indian Prime Minister after ceremony, said he was honoured to participate in the grand event. “I am honoured to be here.. have great expectations… I was honoured to participate in the ceremony,” he told reporters.
Narendra Modi took on to twitter to share his exchange of thoughts with Sharif during his swearing-in at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
“Nawaz Sharif ji told me that he stays in Islamabad but goes to meet his mother once in a week. This time when he was eating with his mother he saw visuals on TV of my mother offering me sweets,” Modi tweeted.
In another tweet, he said, “The visuals touched both Nawaz Sharif ji & his mother. He told me that after seeing the visuals his mother got very emotional.”