Indian PM, Pak prez 'likely' to hold talks: official

NEW DELHI: India's prime minister and Pakistan's president are "likely" to hold face-to-face talks on Tuesday on the sidelines of a regional summit in Russia, an Indian foreign ministry official told AFP.

Indian premier Manmohan Singh and Pakistan's leader Asif Ali Zardari will both be in Yekaterinburg for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting.

"A meeting on the sidelines is likely," the Indian foreign ministry official told AFP.

It would the first time the two leaders have met since last November's Mumbai attacks, which India has blamed on Pakistan-based militants linked to the country's powerful spy service.

The attacks, which left 166 dead, prompted India to freeze a peace process with its fellow nuclear-armed neighbour and arch-rival.