PM to host dinner for Gilani at Mohali stadium

New Delhi, Mar 28 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani will
meet over dinner on the margins of the World Cup semi-final
match between their two cricket teams in Mohali on Wednesday.
PMO sources said Singh will host a dinner meeting for the
visiting dignitary at the stadium itself.
While officials here are refusing to tag the meeting
as "formal", the two leaders are expected to discuss bilateral
issues. Gilani will join Singh to watch the Indo-Pak cricket
match.
The sources said Singh would reach Chandigarh just in
time for the match after attending an SPG Raising Day function
at his residence in the morning on that day.
There is also a meeting of Council of Trade and Industry
scheduled for the morning that day and it is not clear whether
he would go ahead with the meeting or reschedule it.
Sources said Gilani will not be coming to Delhi and is
expected to reach Chandigarh on Wednesday morning.
Refusing to give further details, the sources said the
programme is being finalised.
It will be "more of cricket and less of diplomacy",
sources said when asked about the issues the two Prime
Ministers will be discussing.
Indulging in cricket diplomacy, Singh had invited Gilani
to watch the World Cup semis between India and Pakistan which
was accepted by the Pakistani Prime Minister.