Indian and Pakistani leaders meet at Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit

India cut ties with Pakistan following the deadly bombings in Mumbai last November that killed more than 170 people. India believes the 10 gunmen who launched the attacks were part of a Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba. The sole surviving suspected gunman is Pakistani and is currently on trial in Mumbai.

Pakistan wants to resume a 5-year-old peace process, but India has said it wants Islamabad to take further action against the Lashkar-e-Taiba first.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi denied Singh's tough language got the meeting off to a rocky start.

"I would look at it differently. I think it is a positive development the fact that the two leaders are meeting for the first time, on the sidelines of the SCO summit, since the tragic Mumbai incident. I think it is a positive development," he told reporters.

Pakistani officials said after the meeting that foreign ministry officials from both countries will meet soon to discuss pertinent issues.

Mr Singh had said earlier this month that his government would seek to mend fences with Pakistan provided it cracked down on militants, in an address India's newly-constituted parliament. The statement did not represent any dramatic shift in policy.