New Delhi: India on Monday denied that Prime Minister Narendra Modi PM Modi pushed for a dialogue between the two countries to newly-appointed Pakistan PM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan in his  congratulating letter. However highly-placed government sources confirmed that PM wrote congratulatory letter to Imran Khan.

The response of PMO of India came shortly after Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi claimed that the Indian Prime Minister had written a letter to newly appointed PM Imran Khan and indicated a start of talks.

Pakistan-based Geo News quoted country’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi as asserting Prime Minister has called for talks in his congratulatory letter to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan. He reportedly made the statement shortly after taking oath.

According to the Zee news Qureshi also reached out his Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and said that he wanted to tell her that India and Pakistan were not just neighbors, but atomic powers with a lot of common resources.

 Sources said in his letter, PM Modi congratulate Imran on his smooth transition. Polls and the smooth transition strengthen belief in democracy, PM wrote. The letter read about “shared belief to bring peace and prosperity in the subcontinent and make it free from terrorism and violence”, details of the letter available with Times Now show.