Srinagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday that India wants to have good neighbourly relations with Pakistan, but cautioned that mere shaking of hands would not restore such relations between the two c ountries.

Addressing a Bharatiya Janata Party election rally in Uri town on phone after inclement weather prevented his scheduled arrival to the border town in Kashmir, he said: "Our prime minister (Narendra Modi) shook hands with the prime minister of Pakistan (during SAARC summit yesterday).