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Rashid delivers Pak leadership`s message to Indian Premier

IRNA

New Delhi, Nov 11, IRNA -- In the first political contact after the 
April peace initiatives in Agra, Indian Premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee 
on Tuesday shook hands with Pakistan Information minister Sheikh 
Rashid who said he had delivered a "short, sweet and smart message" 
from the Pakistani leadership. 
The Pakistani minister, who stood next to Vajpayee and exchanged 
pleasantries, later told reporters that he has "conveyed to Prime 
Minister Vajpayee the good wishes of President Pervez Musharraf and 
Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali," reported press Trust of India 
(PTI) on Tuesday. 
"We are waiting for his (Vajpayee) tour to the SAARC Summit" in 
Islamabad in January, he said. 
"That is the message I gave him," Rashid said, adding, the Indian 
Premier responded saying "milenge" (we will meet). 
Earlier, the Indian Premier inaugurated the third South Asian 
Association of Regional Conference (SAARC) of Information Ministers. 
The agenda proposed by the SAARC secretariat is expected to be adopted
on Tuesday. 
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