No meeting between PM and Gilani in Washington

Ajay Kaul
Washington, Apr 10 (PTI) Prime Minister of India
Manmohan Singh will not meet his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf
Raza Gilani here during the Nuclear Security Summit, which the
two leaders will attend.
Sources said no bilateral meeting has been scheduled
between Singh and Gilani during the two-day Summit beginning
Monday.
They said neither Pakistan nor India has sought a
meeting.
The comments came hours after Pakistan dismissed media
reports that there could be a "brief encounter" between Singh
and Gilani in Washington.
Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said in
Islamabad that Gilani and Singh will be in the same room
during the Nuclear Security Summit hosted by US President
Barack Obama.
They might come face to face and "shake hands" though
no bilateral meeting has been scheduled, he said.
He was reacting to a Pakistani media report which said
Singh and Gilani will have an encounter here.
Singh, however, will have meetings with leaders of
some countries.
The Prime Minister had last met his Pakistani
counterpart at Sherm-el-Sheikh in Egypt when the two countries
issued a joint statement that created a uproar in India. PTI