PM uses G20 to set conditions for Pakistan

London: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in London on Thursday.

Developments in Pakistan and Afghanistan figured prominently in the discussion between the two leaders.

During the talks, Manmohan Singh made it clear that Pakistan must show absolute sincerity in bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attack to book before the talks can be resumed between the two countries.

Later, addressing a press conference, Manmohan Singh made clear India's expectations from Pakistan post-26/11 terror strikes.

He said discussions with Pakistan cannot proceed if hundreds of people are killed as happened in Mumbai.

“We expect Pakistan to do all that it can to bring perpetrators of Mumbai attack to book. We have given answers to Pakistan's 30 questions, ball is in Pakistan's court,” he said.

$1-trillion deal will deal with crisis

Manmohan Singh said the $1.1-trillion resource injection agreed upon by G-20 leaders would accrue to developing countries, which were hit hard by the global economic meltdown.

"This will ameliorate the crisis," Singh said after the Summit talks reached a landmark agreement to rescue the world from the deepest crisis it has seen since the 1930s.

He said with the credit flow to developing countries drying up from the industrialised world, it was necessary that multilateral institutions fill the gap.

The International Monetary Fund would get the lion's share amounting to USD 500 billion out of the USD 1.1 trillion stimulus agreed upon by the top 20 economies of the world.