ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: President Pervez Musharraf has sent several boxes of mangoes to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee as a goodwill gesture.

“Mangoes are sent to a number of world leaders every year,” a Foreign Office spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. “This has been going on for more than 25 years.”

Pakistani mangoes are some of the best in the world and are exported to several Middle East countries and Europe.

The official said the mangoes were delivered to the Indian prime minister through the Pakistan embassy in New Delhi.—Reuters