New Delhi
Pakistan and China have offered to turn around their ties with India while congratulating PM Narendra Modi for his party’s sweeping victory in the General Election.

India’s old allies Russia and Japan, besides almost the entire neighbourhood, including Nepal, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, have also hailed Modi’s victory.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan congratulated PM Modi and tried to turn the chapter on the recent acrimony by observing that he looked forward to working with him for “peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia”.

Chinese President Xi Jinping issued an unusually detailed statement for the occasion in which he underlined the areas where he and PM Modi could work together to turn around ties. Xi also noted that both countries could build on their good coordination and cooperation on major issues to guide the development and direction of Sino-Indian relations by also enhancing political trust and undertaking pragmatic cooperation.

Some of PM Modi’s close allies called him up personally to convey their congratulations. The first to call him up was Japanese PM Abe Shinzo, who offered to work “hand in hand” towards strengthening ties and realising a free and open Indo-Pacific. The two leaders are scheduled to meet each other at the G20 Osaka Summit next month followed by a visit to India.