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INDIA - PAKISTAN
First meeting between India and Pakistan after Mumbai attacks
The meeting between the Prime Ministers scheduled for tomorrow in Timphu (Bhutan) at the 16th summit of South Asian countries India and Pakistan stopped dialogue after the attacks in Mumbai in September 2008 that killed 166 people .

New Delhi (AsiaNews / Agencies) - About two years after the attacks in Mumbai, the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, Manmohan Singh and Yousouf Raza Gilani, will meet tomorrow in Timphu (Bhutan) on the sidelines of the 16th summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The two prime ministers will discuss with the other delegations issues related to economic development, ecology and the exploitation of rivers.  However the reopening of talks on the attacks that took place in Mumbai September 21, 2008 involving members of Pakistani intelligence is not excluded.

On the eve of the meeting SM Krishna, Indian Foreign Minister, said: "There is the possibility of new relations between the two heads of government. But everything will depend on the approach to all issues concerned. "

Following the attacks of September 2008 that killed 166 people, the two countries have slowed diplomatic relations. According to Indian intelligence the attacks were planned by Lashkar-e - Taiba (LET) a terrorist organization for the liberation of Kashmir linked to Pakistani intelligence. The , Islamabad government, however has always denied any involvement and has recently rejected as evidence the testimony of Ajmal Kasaba, the only surviving bomber held in India, whose extradition they have  requested.


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