Pakistani PM to meet Indian PM: Islamabad

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of a summit in Egypt next week, a foreign ministry spokesman said in Islamabad.

“The prime minister will be meeting, in addition to his Indian counterpart, several other heads of government and state,� foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit told reporters in Islamabad.

“We are going with an open mind and hope that the composite dialogue is resumed,� Basit added.

Singh, whose re-election was welcomed in Pakistan, said in June that he wanted to try again to make peace with Pakistan, but stressed Islamabad needed to take “strong and effective� action to end terrorism.