Manmohan, Pervez to meet at UNGA in New York

Pallab Bhattacharya, New Delhi
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in New York in September this year on the sideline of the UN General Assembly session.

This was agreed to on Friday night when Musharraf spoke to Singh over telephone to express condolences on the large number of deaths and massive destruction caused by floods in the western state of Maharashtra including India's financial hub Mumbai.

During the 10-minute "cordial" telephonic conversation, the two leaders also took opportunity to discuss bilateral issues, the Indian Prime Minister Media Advisor Sanjaya Baru told reporters here.

The two leaders had met for the first time in September last year in New York also on the margin of the UN general assembly session. The previous interaction between them had taken place when Musharraf visited New Delhi in April this year during the Pakistan-India cricket series when cricket was mixed with diplomacy.