Pakistan's premier Raja Pervez
Ashraf arrived in India on Saturday for a pilgrimage
to a revered Muslim
shrine at Ajmer, with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid welcoming him with
"open arms".
Mr Khurshid's warm words for Mr
Ashraf - making his first visit to India as prime minister - come despite
strained relations between the nuclear-armed rivals over recent border clashes.
"It's in our culture to welcome
our guests with open arms," said Mr Khurshid ahead of a lunch he will host
for Mr Ashraf at the Rambagh Palace, a luxury heritage hotel in the tourist
city of Jaipur in northern India.
An Indian foreign ministry official
told AFP however there would be no "substantive talks" at the
meeting.
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