On his first full day as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi talked tough with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, raising cross-border terror and the 26/11 trial in a 50-minute meeting that many see as an ice-breaker. Sources said the new PM had a five-point agenda for his talks with Mr Sharif, who was among the eight South Asian leaders invited to witness Mr Modi's grand swearing-in ceremony yesterday at the presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Mr Modi, sources said, stressed that terror attacks must end. He reportedly told Mr Sharif that the trial in Pakistan of those accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was "too slow" and no action had been taken against the plotters.
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