'With or without a UN resolution, Pakistan was obliged to catch anybody who indulges in terror,' they said in a reference to alleged 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Muhammad Saeed who was described as a 'big part' of the terror infrastructure.

Manmohan Singh had told reporters last week that he was hoping for 'renewed affirmation' from Pakistan that it would bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai massacre to justice.

'I am looking forward to meeting Prime Minister Gilani (in Egypt). I hope that out of that meeting renewed affirmation on part of Pakistan that it will bring perpetrators of the Mumbai massacre to justice and that Pakistan's territory will not be used for such activities. If that is done, we are willing to walk more than half the distance,' Manmohan Singh had told reporters last week on his way back from the G8 summit in Italy.

The decision that the two foreign secretaries would meet before the leaders was taken when Manmohan Singh met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. It was agreed that the foreign secretaries would discuss what Pakistan was doing to prevent terrorism against India and report back to the leaders.