Krishna, Qureshi exchange greetings at ASEAN meet

Phuket, Jul 23 (PTI) A week after the meeting between
Prime Ministers of the two countries, Union External Affairs
Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah
Mahmood Qureshi came face-to-face at the Association of South
East Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meeting here and
exchanged greetings.

"We exchanged greetings," Krishna told reporters about
his face-to-face with Qureshi at a dinner for ASEAN leaders
here Wednesday night.

There were no discussions as the two leaders are
slated to meet in New York in September on the sidelines of
the UN General Assembly.

Stating that they did not discuss anything, Krishna
pointed out that they are slated to meet in New York for
substantive talks modalities for which are being worked out.

The face-to-face comes a week after Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza
Gilani met in Sharm-el Sheikh in Egypt and discussed the
problems posed by terrorism. PTI