Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousef Raza Galani met Thursday on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Egypt, according to dpa. The meeting, held in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm al-Sheikh, is the second high-level talks between the two nations since last year's attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, which New Delhi blamed on a Pakistan-based group. On Wednesday, Singh voiced hopes that Pakistan will act against those behind the attacks, which left more than 160 people dead. During the Summit's opening session, Singh said in remarks clearly addressed at Pakistan, that the "infrastructure of terrorism" must be dismantled. The meeting comes one day after Pakistani and Indian foreign ministry officials held a meeting in the Red Sea resort city to discuss possible new peace talks. Foreign Secretary Shri Shivshankar Menon and his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir had talks for 90 minutes on Wednesday, during which time they discussed last November's attacks. India blamed the Mumbai attacks on the banned Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. Indian and Pakistani officials have held out the possibility of a joint statement on the attacks. Gilani has expressed some optimism over the direction that relations between the two nuclear powers were taking. "There has recently been some forward movement in our relations with India," he told delegates. "We hope to sustain this momentum and move towards comprehensive engagement. We believe durable peace in South Asia is achievable."
