New Delhi: Government sources on Tuesday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be attending the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan's Prime Minister elect Nawaz Sharif.
India is likely to formally decline Sharif's invitation to Manmohan. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO), however, has said that no formal invite has been received yet for Sharif's swearing-in ceremony.
Sources, however, added that that Sharif may consider India's invitation a visit to soon. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, the PML-N chief said that India and Pakistan should jointly address fears.
Sharif has already indicated his desire to normalise "roller-coaster" ties with India. During the campaign, 63-year-old Sharif had vowed to revive the Indo-Pak peace process which was interrupted in 1999 by the then military ruler Parvez Musharraf who ousted him in a bloodless coup. Sharif had started the peace process with then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
With Additional Inputs from PTI
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