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Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is located on the other side of the Ravi River, about four kilometers from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine, in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab. It was created by the Sikh Guru in 1522. The first Gurdara, Gurdara Kartarpur Sahib, was built there, where Guru Nanak Dev would have died.
India and Pakistan announced that tracts would be developed in their respective regions, linking Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district in Punjab to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, welcomed the decision of India to send Union ministers, Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri, Radio reported Pakistan.
Qureshi called India's decision "a positive response to Pakistan's decision," he said.
"India has responded well to Pakistan's initiative to bring the Sikh community closer," he told the Pakistan Associated Press news agency during his stand visit. of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan.
India's High Commissioner for Pakistan, Ajay Bisaria, received Foreign Minister Qureshi at the booth.
Qureshi said that Pakistan had won the hearts of millions of Sikhs at a decisive step and that he was confident that the Kartarpur corridor would attract to Pakistan members of the Sikh community from around the world, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
He said that the Sikh community would be welcomed here amidst feelings of love and that it would take a positive image of Pakistan and its people.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the opening of the Kartarpur border showed that Pakistan remained peaceful in the region.
"Pakistan, by its conduct, has once again shown who represented peace in South Asia and what force was not sincere Prime Minister Imran Khan made it clear that he was defending peace – the opening of the Kartarpur border is a story in the making, history will judge those who stood on the wrong side, "he tweeted.
On Saturday, Qureshi invited Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Minister of State Navjot Singh Sidhu to attend the ceremony in Kartarpur on November 28.
Swaraj thanked him for his invitation and said that India would send Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri Union Ministers to Pakistan next week to attend the inauguration ceremony. work on the Kartarpur corridor.
Amarinder declined Pakistan's invitation while Sidhu accepted the request with "unmixed joy".
The corridor, once built, will give Indian pilgrims easy access to the sanctuary.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the opening ceremony of the corridor on the Pakistani side on November 28th.
Indo-Pakistan relations have plunged in recent years without bilateral talks. Relations between the two countries were strained after terrorist attacks by Pakistan-based groups in 2016.
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