India and Pakistan discuss terror

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Source: BBC

The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan have met on the sidelines of a summit in Egypt to discuss terrorism.

The talks come ahead of a key meeting between the prime ministers of the two countries during the Non-Aligned Movement summit.

Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he will approach the meeting with an "an open heart and a positive mind".

Relations deteriorated after Delhi said gunmen involved in last November's Mumbai attacks were from Pakistan.

Ties between the two countries have been strained since the attacks in which more than 170 people died.

Pakistan has rejected Indian accusations that it has not done all it can to pursue those responsible for the Mumbai attacks.

India accused Pakistan-based fighters from the banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba of carrying out the attacks.

Pakistan has admitted they were partly planned on its soil.



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