Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on Saturday for his "cooperation" on a visa-free corridor allowing Indian Sikhs to visit one of their religion's holiest sites across the border in Pakistan.

"I would like to thank the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, for respecting the sentiments of India. I thank him for his cooperation," Modi said in televised comments from the inauguration of the corridor on the Indian side of the border, in a rare message of gratitude between the nuclear arch-rivals.-AFP

Recorder reporter from Kartarpur adds: Former Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh has said that "it is a good beginning, India-Pakistan relations are subject to many 'ifs and buts' and ifs, and I hope this is a good beginning to normalize our relation."

He was talking to media on his arrival at the Kartarpur border where PM Imran Khan unveiled the plaque of Kartarpur Corridor in connection with the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said: "It was a really good experience; I hope the corridor will eventually become a corridor of peace between the two countries."

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