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Saturday 26 Dec 2015 - 17:17 Makkah mean time-15-3-1437
 Lahore (IINA) - India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday surprised the world as he announced on Twitter an impromptu visit to Pakistan on his way back to India from Kabul to wish his counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his birthday, according to media reports.
The Prime Minister announced in a tweet from Kabul that he will "drop by" in Lahore to greet Nawaz Sharif on his 66th birthday today. "Looking forward to meeting PM Nawaz Sharif in Lahore today afternoon, where I will drop by on my way back to Delhi," he tweeted. In Kabul, Modi opened the Afghan parliament building, which was built with the funding of India.
During his 150-minute visit to Lahore, PM Modi held talks with Nawaz Sharif at the Pak PM's residence. The two leaders decided to open ways for peace for the "larger good" of the people of the two countries.
After PM Modi landed in Lahore, the two leaders flew to Sharif's palatial residence of Jati Umra Raiwind, which is some 20 km from the airport, in a chopper making it the first time that any two leaders of the two countries were travelling together. Chowdhury said the two premiers agreed to "open ways for peace and better atmosphere", while understanding each other's concerns. "Both leaders expressed their desire to carry forward the dialogue process for larger good of peoples of the two countries," spokesperson of Pakistan's foreign office said. "The two Prime Ministers agreed to continue and enhance contacts and work together to establish good neighborly relations," the spokesperson said in another tweet. Sharif received Modi and the two shared a warm embrace after PM Modi emerged from his special aircraft at Allama Iqbal International Airport. He also saw Modi off at the airport.
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