New Delhi: India today (Dec 27, 2003) said no bilateral meeting has been fixed between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistani leaders on the sidelines of the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit in Islamabad in January and made it clear that composite dialogue process could begin only when cross-border terrorism stopped.

"No meeting has been fixed," Foreign Secretary Shashank told reporters in response to persistent questions whether Vajpayee will meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf or Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali during the three-day summit from January 4.

Specifically asked about Vajpayee's recent reported remark that he was willing to meet everyone, he said, "Obviously, there will be occasions when leaders will get together during the conference and at the retreat. So those occasions will be there."

The Foreign Secretary said requests have been received from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal for bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister. "We are working on them."