Tuesday, October 4 2005 12:09 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Islamabad: External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh today (Oct 04, 2005) met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and discussed the progress in the ongoing composite dialogue process, amid indications of a possible breakthrough in solving the Siachen issue.

Singh called on Musharraf at the Army House in Rawalpindi near here.

Various issues including those covered under the composite dialogue process are understood to have figured at the meeting.

The meeting took place amid indications that the two countries were close to settling the Siachen issue. The two countries have already agreed to redeploy their troops from the world's highest battlefield but India insists that it could be done only after some kind of authentication of the present positions.

The two sides appear to have sorted out differences in this regard by agreeing on satellite mapping of the area.

Singh, who is here on a four-day visit, earlier held extensive talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri yesterday (Oct 03, 2005).