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| Narendra Modi will be sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on Monday ( 26 / 05 ) . |
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend the inauguration of Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif will attend the inauguration of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India , according to Pakistani officials report .
Sharif has accepted an invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony will be held on Monday ( 26 / 05 ) in New Delhi , India .
It will be the first time a prime minister from one of the countries attending the inauguration ceremony , since the two countries separated in 1947 .
Click the Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi , the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) , won a landslide victory in elections last week .
Modi invitation to Sharif signaled a shift in the position of his party in Pakistan .
Bilateral relations of India and Pakistan reached a low point in 2008 after the attacks in Mumbai , India .
In the attack 166 people were killed by Pakistani gunmen .
The relationship improved slightly under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , but the fighting in the disputed border in Kashmir are still frequent.
Singh was invited to the inauguration Sharif last year but he was not present . BBC
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