India and Pakistan held talks after 15 months

India and Pakistan held their first official talks on Thursday, February 25 since the Mumbai siege in 2008.

Foreign Ministers of both countries met at India's Prince Palace in the capital New Delhi. The nuclear-armed rivals took up issues from shared water resources to the status of the disputed region of Kashmir during the four-hour meeting. Terrorism was the focus of the talks.

Indian Foreign Minister Nirupama Rao said that the two countries have taken a key step for ensuring mutual trust. She described the meeting that took place 15 months after the 2008 Mumbai siege as sincere and constructive.

Regarding the Mumbai issue, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir told reporters that his country has done everything that was proper and could be done.

The two sides did not mention a second meeting, but vowed to keep in touch.

Although the expectations are very low from the talks, Pakistan and India's meeting after 15 months was seen as a diplomatic achievement. The two countries battled three times before and had border clashes scores of time throughout the years.

In the disputed region of Kashmir, thousands of civilians were killed when Muslims that revolt against the Indian government fought against the army.