ASTANA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif exchanged pleasantries with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at a reception here on Thursdaynight.
Official sources said that Mr Modi and Mr Sharif greeted each other when they were in the leaders` lounge for the reception at the Astana Opera organised to welcome the guests participating in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.
Since it was the first occasion when the two leaders came across each other after Mr Sharif`s heart surgery, Mr Modi inquired about his health, the sources said, adding the Indianleader alsoinquired about Mr Sharif`s mother and family.
Bothleaders areinAstana to participate in the SCO summit which will induct Pakistan and India as its full members.
Earlier, Mr Sharif spoke to presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Nursultan Nazarbayev, respectively, and discussed with them issues of mutual interest.
