Pakistan’s Zardari Visits India

Posted April 8th, 2012 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is in India, where he met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. The visit is the first to India by a Pakistani head of state since 2005.

Standing next to Mr. Singh Sunday, Mr. Zardari told reporters he expects the Indian leader to visit Pakistan soon. The two leaders did not disclose much about their discussions.

The two nuclear-armed nations are seeking to normalize relations following the 2008 terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai.

However, Mr. Singh was widely expected to raise India's concerns about security and insist that Pakistan show its seriousness about reining in terrorist groups behind the Mumbai attacks. India has blamed the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group for the attack.

Islamist Hafiz Saeed, suspected of masterminding the Mumbai attacks, operates openly in Pakistan. Last week, the United States placed a $10 million bounty on Saeed.