By NNN-PTI,
New York : On the eve of their crucial talks, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had a friendly chit-chat with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the sidelines of an informal working dinner of SAARC Foreign Ministers here.
The ‘Informal Ministerial and Working Dinner for SAARC Council of Ministers’ was hosted by Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Rohitha Bogoallagama, last night in his capacity as the SAARC chairperson.
The working dinner was attended by the Foreign Ministers of all the eight SAARC countries and the grouping’s Secretary General Shilkant Sharma as also several Foreign Secretaries, including Nirupama Rao of India.
Krishna and Qureshi were seen warmly greeting each other and informally talking during the course of the working dinner.
One could presume their discussions could have also included the talks between Foreign Secretary Rao and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir, which were held earlier in the day.