Reports: India, Pakistan leaders meet

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer

YEKATERINBURG, Russia – The leaders of India and Pakistan met Tuesday in Russia, their first interaction since the terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai last November, Russian officials said.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of summits in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, according to Russian officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to announce the information on the record.

India accuses a Pakistan-based militant group of sending the teams of gunmen that rampaged through Mumbai in a three-day siege that left 166 people dead.

Pakistani officials have acknowledged the November attacks were partly plotted on their soil.

India and Pakistan have observer status in the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which wrapped up a two-day summit Tuesday. Singh was also taking part in a summit of the BRIC group linking Brazil, Russia, India and China.