INDIA PAKISTAN

ATTENTION EDITORS - QUALITY REPEAT COL02:INDIA-PAKISATNI:COLOMBO,29JUL98 - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif passes a coaster to his Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee July 29 during the opening ceremony of the three-day summit of the South Asian Association for Reginoal Coperation (SAARC) in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo. Vajpayee and Sharif are to meet later on Wednsday for their first meeting since two countries conducted nucler test in May. al/Photo by Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi REUTERS