Seoul, March 27
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani today expressed their desire to intensify the bilateral dialogue process for further engagements as they had an informal chat here, their second in two days at the Nuclear Security Summit.

Manmohan and Gilani had an “informal meeting” in Seoul, a brief statement issued by the Pakistan Prime Minister’s media office said. “Both the leaders expressed their desire to intensify the dialogue process for further engagements,” it said.

They shook hands as they greeted each other during the photo-op for the top world leaders attending the summit in the South Korean capital.

Manmohan was later seen having a longish chat with Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is set to visit India for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit in New Delhi this week.

Last night, the Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart Gilani had a “meet and greet” encounter prior to a dinner hosted for dignitaries attending the summit here. “Prime Minister said hello to Mr Gilani,” Indian sources had said.

On Singh-Gilani meeting, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said the two leaders discussed bilateral issues. “Mulakat bhi hui hai aur baat bhi hui hai (The two leaders met and chatted),” Khar said. “Political leadership in both the countries is willing to resolve the (bilateral) issues,” she said. “We have been talking of removal of trust deficit. We have to follow a result-oriented process,” Khar said. — PTI