NEW DELHI, June 9: Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik Wednesday met Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram, days ahead of the scheduled meeting of Home Ministers of SAARC countries in Islamabad .
"It was a routine meeting. As you know the Home Minister is travelling for the SAARC Home Ministers' meeting. I just came to talk to him about that," Malik told reporters.
Malik was accompanied by his deputy Riffat Massod during the nearly 30-minute long meeting.
Chidambaram is scheduled to visit Islamabad for the meeting of the Home Ministers of eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on June 26.
The meeting will also be attended by Home Secretary G K Pillai.
The meeting will be attended by ministers from Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka and is expected to discuss regional cooperation for dealing with the menace of terrorism, narcotics smuggling and organised crimes.
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