The leaders of India and Pakistan have met for the first time since last November's Mumbai (Bombay) attacks. Indian PM Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari held talks on the sidelines of a summit in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.
Indian PM Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari held talks on the sidelines of a summit in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.
Relations between the two countries nosedived after Delhi said the Mumbai gunmen were from Pakistan.
Pakistan denied any responsibility in their immediate aftermath, but later admitted they had been partly planned from its soil.
YEKATERINBURG, Russia: Pakistani soil must not be used for terrorism, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told President Asif Ali Zardari at their first meeting since November's Mumbai attacks, Russian news agencies reported.
Pakistani Foreign Minister denied that Singh's tough words set the meeting off on a negative front, according to Reuters, saying 'I would look at it differently, I think it is a positive development the fact that the two leaders are meeting for the first time, on the sidelines of the SCO summit, since the tragic Mumbai incident. I think it is a positive development.'
YEKATERINBURG: President Asif Ali Zardari has assured Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Pakistani soil will not be allowed to be used for terrorist activities and all measures would be taken to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice. Zardari urged the Indian prime minister at a meeting here for resumption of the composite dialogue between the two countries, Online news agency said. He said Pakistani soil was not being used for terrorism against any other country and emphasised that "we are fighting a war against terrorism and the world must wake up and take notice of the enormous sacrifices we have made".
Zardari urged the Indian prime minister at a meeting here for resumption of the composite dialogue between the two countries, Online news agency said.
He said Pakistani soil was not being used for terrorism against any other country and emphasised that "we are fighting a war against terrorism and the world must wake up and take notice of the enormous sacrifices we have made".
