If we do not make an attempt, some things will not change: bjp

Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise decision to stop over at Lahore to meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli said Modi had sent out a

message about closer regional cooperation when he had taken the oath of office and his visit should be welcomed. "We had the Ufa statement which was focused on our primary concern that

is terrorism. There were hiccups after that. Then we had the Bangkok talk. Our Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Pakistan.        "If the two countrioes can try to have a positive

approach and work out a relationship that brings peace not only between them but to the entire region and therefore to the world, then that is something that should be welcomed," he

said.  He further said that if we do not make an attempt, some things will not change.