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Zardari, Singh exchanged invitations for visit: Menon
New York, Sept 26 (PTI) Pakistan President Asif Ali
Zardari has invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit
Pakistan, while the latter renewed his invitation to the
former to visit India during their meeting here.
Briefing reporters, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon
said both leaders accepted each other's invitation but dates
have not been decided yet.
The two leaders, who met on Wednesday, on the sidelines
of the U.N. General Assembly meeting decided on a series of
confidence building measures, including commencing of
cross-LoC trade in Jammu and Kashmir from October 21.
Singh and Zardari also decided that a special meeting of
the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism will be held next month to
address mutual concerns, including the bombing of the Indian
Embassy in Kabul.
Zardari has invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit
Pakistan, while the latter renewed his invitation to the
former to visit India during their meeting here.
Briefing reporters, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon
said both leaders accepted each other's invitation but dates
have not been decided yet.
The two leaders, who met on Wednesday, on the sidelines
of the U.N. General Assembly meeting decided on a series of
confidence building measures, including commencing of
cross-LoC trade in Jammu and Kashmir from October 21.
Singh and Zardari also decided that a special meeting of
the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism will be held next month to
address mutual concerns, including the bombing of the Indian
Embassy in Kabul.