WASHINGTON: The prime ministers of rivals India and Pakistan met briefly Monday at a summit on nuclear security in Washington, exchanging pleasantries but not entering substantive discussions, officials said.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani walked up to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh and chatted with him for a few minutes, Indian embassy spokesman Rahul Chhabra said.
Pakistani embassy spokesman Nadeem Kiani gave a similar account, saying that the two leaders conversed at a reception hosted by US President Barack Obama during the 47-nation summit.
"Both leaders were present at the same place and so they shook hands and talked," Kiani said. "It was not a formal meeting."
India and Pakistan in February cautiously resumed dialogue for the first time since the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai carried out by Islamic extremists linked to Pakistan.
Both governments had said they did not expect any meeting between Singh and Gilani on the sidelines of the Washington summit.
Source: http://www.geo.tv/Pakistan.htm
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