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Indian and Pakistani prime ministers to meet in Egypt

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and India's Manmohan Singh are meeting at a summit in Egypt next week, officials said on Thursday.

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  • Published: 16:33 July 9, 2009
  • Gulf News

Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and India's Manmohan Singh are meeting at a summit in Egypt next week, officials said on Thursday.

Relations between the two nuclear-armed rivals plummeted to a new low in the wake of last November's deadly attacks in Mumbai.

India blamed the carnage on militants based in Pakistan and froze four years of peace dialogue in response.

Next week's meeting at Sharm Al Shaikh will be the second top-level meeting in less than a month after Singh and Zardari met in Russia on June 16.

Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman, Abdul Basit, said the planned meeting would be preceded by talks between the two countries' foreign secretaries.

"We are going with an open mind and hope that the composite dialogue is resumed," Basit said.

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