- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has confirmed he would be meeting his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif on September 29 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York.
- The low-key announcement was indicative of the extreme caution with which the Indian side is approaching the first meeting of the two Prime Ministers
WHAT INDIA
WANTS:
- India will ask Pakistan to take concrete steps to restore the “tranquillity of the LoC” before agreeing to restart the dialogue process
- Manmohan will ask Sharif to speed up the trial of the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks
- New Delhi is keen Pakistan moves forward on what an official source termed “the unfinished agenda” on economic and trade affairs, including MFN status
ON PAK’S AGENDA:
- Nawaz Sharif is likely to offer “full normalization” of trade relations with India
- This, apart from granting Most Favoured Nation status to India, would push for a bilateral free-trade agreement that will enhance investment flow between the nations
- He will also push for a resumption of the stalled dialogue process
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