Lahore Declaration is first step toward reconciliation

From: India Abroad | Date: March 5, 1999 | Copyright information

India Abroad
03-05-1999
Lahore Declaration is first step toward reconciliation

Lahore, the Pakistani city just across the volatile border with India, dominated the collective imagination of the subcontinent last month.

Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee de a historic visit to the city when he boarded a bus in Amritsar on the Indian side and drove across the Wagah border check post on Feb. 20 to be received, and yes, embraced, by his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

Television cameras brought the poignancy of the moment to millions in the entire region, and beneath the impressive ceremonial ...

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