INDOPAK-PM 2 LAST

"Today's (Wednesday's) match brought the peoples and
leadership of the two countries together. This, I believe, is
the positive outcome of today's (Wednesday's) semifinal",
Gilani said.
Gilani said "winning or losing a game does not matter
more than its quality and the team spirit" and congratulated
both the teams "for demonstrating sportsmanship and quality
game".
The Pakistan Prime Minister felicitated the Indian
team for showing better performance and determination and said
the Pakistan team also did put up resistance but it was not
their day.
He hoped there would be other occasions when both
teams would play with each other both in India and Pakistan.
Gilani conveyed to the people of India that Pakistan
wanted good neighbourly relations and "the resolution of all
issues through dialogue will bring peace and prosperity to our
people".
Gilani said he invited the Indian Prime Minister and
Congress President Sonia Gandhi to visit Pakistan.
He told PTV that "winning and losing is something
that has its own place but this is a victory for cricket and
the two countries".
"On the basis of this, we came together today
(Wednesday) and we held discussions on the sidelines (of the
game) and we talked on all issues. It is our determination
that we will resolve all issues", he said.
Gilani said "I congratulate the (Indian) Prime
Minister for the resumption of the composite dialogue. It was
his promise in Thimphu and it was in the spirit of Thimphu
that meeting of the Interior Secretaries was very successful.
A good message has gone.
"We don’t want that we are unable to resolve our own
issues. We have the capacity and ability to resolve our issues
by ourselves. We held talks on all outstanding issues and
Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) showed magnanimity by saying
he is ready to resolve all issues by sitting together", the
Pakistan Prime Minister said.
He said "we want positive messages to be sent by both
countries and our common enemy is poverty, hunger, disease,
unemployment. We should give attention to that and Prime
Minister (Singh) has said earlier and is saying today that the
intention of both of us is to resolve these issues and both
the countries should prosper. There should be prosperity and
development.