Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar is meeting with his Indian counterpart Shashank, who goes by one name, on the sidelines of a regional South Asian conference, foreign ministry spokesperson Masood Khan said.
They will discuss ways to "coordinate and orchestrate" a dialogue process, he said.
The two foreign secretaries last met in New Delhi in June for the first talks between the nuclear armed rivals in three years on the festering dispute over the divided Himalayan territory of Kashmir.
Amid a thaw in tensions, the two sides have agreed to strive for a final settlement to the 56-year-old dispute and to reopen consulates in Karachi and Bombay closed in 1994.
In a joint statement after June 27-28 talks both sides pledged to "continue the sustained and serious dialogue to find a peaceful, negotiated final settlement" on Kashmir, the cause of two of their three wars since independence in 1947.
They also agreed to restore staff strength at their embassies in New Delhi and Islamabad to 110, the level before a near war in 2002; to formalise an agreement to notify each other of missile tests and to release all fishermen and other civilians who strayed into each other's territory.
The peace process was kickstarted in April 2003 by India's then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and the new left-leaning government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has vowed to continue to seek peace with Pakistan.
Pakistan is hosting a two-day meeting of South Asian foreign ministers aimed at boosting trade and commercial cooperation in the region.
The July 20-21 meeting is to be attended by Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, grouped under the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
India's Foreign Minister Natwar Singh is due to arrive today for the meeting and is expected to meet Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, officials said. – Sapa-AFP.
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