India says Foreign Secys likely to meet in Thimpu

New Delhi, Jan 9 (PTI) India on Sunday said that
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is likely to meet her Pakistani
counterpart on the sidelines of the SAARC Standing Committee
meeting in Bhutan early next month.
This comes ahead of a possible visit by Pakistan
Foreign Minister S M Qureshi to India.
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan are
likely to meet in Thimpu on the sidelines of the SAARC
Standing Committee meeting on February-6-7, an official
spokesperson said.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had said that
foreign secretaries of the two countries will meet to "clear
the ground for a very productive meeting" between the two
foreign ministers.
Pakistan had yesterday said that Qureshi will visit
India if the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries evolve a
"comprehensive agenda" for resuming the stalled composite
dialogue.
Rao last met Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir
in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly session
in September.