India, Pakistan agree to expedite Mumbai terror trial

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India, Pakistan agree to expedite Mumbai terror trial
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of a meeting in Ufa on the sidelines of the BRICS emerging economies summit in Russia. AFP Photo

Ufa (Russia) - The two leaders also expressed their commitment to fight terror, with Modi also agreeing to visit Pakistan for the SAARC summit in 2016.

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Published: Fri 10 Jul 2015, 11:02 AM

Last updated: Sat 11 Jul 2015, 2:19 PM

India and Pakistan on Friday agreed to expedite the Mumbai terror attack trial.
In a joint briefing after an hour-long meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif here, Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries said the two sides will "discuss all outstanding issues" and agreed on expediting the Mumbai terror attack trial.
The two leaders also expressed their commitment to fight terror, with Modi also agreeing to visit Pakistan for the SAARC summit in 2016.

From left: Presidents of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, South Africa Jacob Zuma, Pakistan's Premier Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, China Xi Jinping, Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdor, Russia Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iran Hassan Ruhani, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Armenia Serzh Sargsyan pose for a photo in Ufa, Russia, Thursday, July 9, 2015. AP Photo
From left: Presidents of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, South Africa Jacob Zuma, Pakistan's Premier Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, China Xi Jinping, Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdor, Russia Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iran Hassan Ruhani, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Armenia Serzh Sargsyan pose for a photo in Ufa, Russia, Thursday, July 9, 2015. AP Photo
From left: Presidents of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, South Africa Jacob Zuma, Pakistan's Premier Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, China Xi Jinping, Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdor, Russia Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iran Hassan Ruhani, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Armenia Serzh Sargsyan pose for a photo in Ufa, Russia, Thursday, July 9, 2015. AP Photo
From left: Presidents of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, South Africa Jacob Zuma, Pakistan's Premier Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, China Xi Jinping, Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdor, Russia Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iran Hassan Ruhani, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Armenia Serzh Sargsyan pose for a photo in Ufa, Russia, Thursday, July 9, 2015. AP Photo
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of a meeting in Ufa on the sidelines of the BRICS emerging economies summit in Russia. AFP Photo
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of a meeting in Ufa on the sidelines of the BRICS emerging economies summit in Russia. AFP Photo

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