Good morning. In Maldives, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani begins on the sidelines of the 17th Saarc summit.

Rediff.com's Prasanna Zore who is travelling with the PM reports that Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that anything that happens between India and Pakistan is bound to be spectacular. She clarified that the Pakistani  cabinet has approved the normalisation of the trade relationship between India and Pakistan by granting the Most Favoured Nation status to India.

The Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan will address the media shortly.