New Delhi, Tuesday, July 26, 2011: Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan today held consultations to finalise the agenda for the meeting between their foreign ministers tomorrow during which they will discuss Confidence Building Measures, India’s concerns on terror and Jammu and Kashmir.

Terming the meeting with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir as preparatory, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said, “We are meeting here today, preparatory to the discussion that will be held tomorrow between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.”

Thanking Rao for inviting him and his team members here to carry on the work that they have started, Bashir said, “I think we have every reason to be satisfied with our joint endeavours for the cause of peace and stability and for the good relations between our two countries”.

Bashir said he also look forward to a “productive meeting between the two ministers.

(News agency)