India, Pakistan PMs to meet

September 06, 2009 03:06 am | Updated December 17, 2016 03:51 am IST - NEW DELHI

In this July 16, 2009 photo Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani during a bilateral meeting at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt.

In this July 16, 2009 photo Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani during a bilateral meeting at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt.

The Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, according to Pakistan Commerce Secretary Shuleman Ghani.

Inaugurating a seminar on India-Pakistan relations organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Mr. Ghani said the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries were scheduled to meet shortly to prepare the agenda for talks between the two Prime Ministers.

According to Mr. Ghani, the meeting between the two Prime Ministers will be followed by a composite dialogue process between Islamabad and New Delhi on opening up direct trade links.

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