Khurshid meets Pakistan Foreign Min Sartaj Aziz

First meeting between the two after recent spate of ceasefire violations

External affairs minister Salman Khurshid met his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz today on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of State Summit in Bishkek. This is the first such meeting between both ministers after the recent spate of ceasefire violations. 
 

Both sides discussed "the imperative of maintaining ceasefire along the LoC by making the existing mechanisms more effective," a senior MEA official said here today. 

 

Regarding the much talked about meeting between both Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meet, Khurshid told Aziz it will require "a conducive atmosphere and delivery for it to materialize."

 

 

Both sides also discussed the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Aziz said that a prosecutor had been appointed and the visit of the Judicial Commission to India has been scheduled for September 23, the official said.