New Delhi, November 26: Prime Minister Imran Khan will lay the foundation stone of the corridor in Punjab’s Narowal city.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has dispatched the invitations.
The world could see Pakistan’s positive approach towards India and its intentions, the minister said in a statement on Saturday.
On November 22, Pakistan and India had agreed to open Kartarpur corridor to facilitate Sikh pilgrims.
India will build the corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur to the border with Pakistan.
The open corridor will give the pilgrims easy access to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, which is located in Kartarpur, Narowal. The present gurdwara is built on the site where Guru Nanak passed away on September 22, 1539.
Since I am unable to travel to Kartarpur Sahib on the scheduled date, Government of India will be represented by my esteemed colleagues Mrs.Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Mr.H.S.Puri. /2
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) 24 November 2018
I thank HE Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Foreign Minister of Pakistan for inviting me to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor on the Pakistan side of the International boundary on 28 November 2018. /1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) 24 November 2018
Sushma Swaraja, India’s Minister of External Affairs, thanked her Pakistani counterpart for the invitation.
However, Swaraj said that she is “unable to travel to Kartarpur Sahib on the scheduled date”.
