Three weeks after the Agra summit, foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan may meet on the sidelines of the special session of the foreign secretaries of Saarc countries scheduled to take place in Colombo from August nine. Asked about the possibility of foreign secretary Chokila Iyer meeting her Pakistani counterpart Inam Ul Haq, an external affairs ministry spokesperson said that it was usual for the foreign secretary to meet her counterparts for bilateral discussions on the fringes of the Saarc meet.
The details of bilateral interaction of Iyer with her counterparts from other countries were being worked out, the spokesperson said. A preparatory committee meeting of senior officials at the joint secretary level would precede on august seven before the foreign secretary level meeting, she said. Bureau Report