By NNN-APP,
New Delhi : Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said he wants to visit India along with his coalition partners.
In an interview with the Press Trust of India he was asked whether he intended to visit India. “As soon as I can take (coalition ally and PML-N chief) Nawaz Sharif with me,” he replied.
But he pointed out that he had not “seen an invitation” as yet.
To a question about his relationship with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her late husband Rajiv Gandhi, Zardari said: “I know Soniaji very well and I am an admirer of Rajiv.”
“Me and Rajiv sahab had a beautiful chemistry together, although we only met thrice. That doesn’t mean that you can’t make friendship. I think there was an absolute bond between us.”
The PPP co-chairman said Sonia Gandhi’s son Rahul had spoken to him on phone to condole the death of Benazir Bhutto in December last year.
“He (Rahul) was kind enough to call me for my loss,” he said, recalling his wife’s last meeting with Sonia Gandhi. “My wife and I were coming from America and Soniaji was getting to America. We bumped into each other at the first class lounge in America. It was our last meeting before she (Benazir Bhutto) passed away.”
Zardari favoured easier cross-border visits by citizens of each country and also said he was against restrictions on trade of films.