Musharraf to visit India on April-17: New Delhi
Pakistan Times Foreign Desk

NEW DELHI (India): President Pervez Musharraf will visit India on April-17 to watch a cricket match and also hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an Indian government spokesman said Wednesday.

‘On April 17, Mr Musharraf will be in Delhi to watch the cricket match. He will also meet with the Prime Minister,’ Singh’s spokesman Sanjaya Baru said.

In Islamabad, an official who declined to be named said earlier Wednesday the President was ‘expected’ to visit New Delhi on April-17, when the Pakistan cricket team will play the last of six one-day international matches against India.

Musharraf last visited India in 2001.

No dates confirmed

A Foreign Office spokesman, however, said in Islambad that as of now, there was no confirmation of the dates of President Musharraf’s visit to India.

When asked to confirm a news item that said President Musharraf would visit New Delhi on April-17, Foreign Office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani said; it was one of the dates proposed by the Indian government which was being considered.

“We are still looking at the schedule of the President (and) as of now there is no confirmation of the dates,” he added.●