Sharm-el-Sheikh, July 15 - Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries will hold a second round of talks Wednesday before their prime ministers meet Thursday morning, official sources said, holding out the possibility of Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani making a joint declaration after their interaction.

India's Shivshankar Menon and Pakistan's Salman Bashir met one-on-one for 90 minutes here late Tuesday to hold 'good, detailed discussios', it was learnt. However, the two top diplomats, who discussed 'issues at some length', would be meeting again to pave the way for the Manmohan Singh-Gilani interaction at 10.30 a.m. Thursday, officials said.

There was the possibility that the two prime ministers may also meet the press together, officials said in an indication that a joint press statement might be on the way.

The talks between the foreign secretaries had been decided upon when Manmohan Singh met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in June this year.

'We agreed that our foreign secretaries will discuss what Pakistan is doing and can do to prevent terrorism from Pakistan against India and to bring those responsible for these attacks to justice, including the horrendous crime of the attacks in Mumbai. They will report to us and we will take stock of the situation when we are at Sharm-el-Sheikh,' Manmohan Singh had said categorically after his brief discussions with Zardari.