The meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Ufa is the first meeting between the two leaders since talks between the two countries broke down.

In what could be a landmark step for diplomatic ties between the two nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accepted his counterpart Nawaz Sharif's invitation to attend the Saarc summit in Pakistan next year.

The meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Ufa is the first meeting between the two leaders since talks between the two countries broke down.

The meeting which took place this morning lasted more than the scheduled 45 minutes and according to a joint statement read out by the foreign secretaries of the two nations, it took place in a cordial atmosphere.

Here are the key points from the joint statement:

- Sharif reiterated his invitation to Modi to attend the Saarc summit next year which the Prime Minister has accepted. Modi will be following in the footsteps of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who had also visited the country in a bid to boost diplomatic ties. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hadn't visited the neighbouring nation during the 10 years that he was Prime Minister.

- The two Prime Ministers have condemned terrorism in all forms.

- The two Prime Ministers said that they are prepared to discuss all outstanding issues.

- The two Prime Ministers have agreed to expedite the trial in the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai that is being held in Pakistan. The nations have agreed to exchange voice samples that are relevant to the case. The agreement comes after India was blocked from getting a UN body to censure Pakistan over the release of prime accused in the case Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi.

- The National Security Advisors of the two nations will meet in Delhi.

- The Director General of the BSF will meet with the head of Pakistan's border security force Pakistan Rangers. This will be followed by a meeting between the Director Generals of military operations of both nations. This comes even as the two nations continue to exchange fire along the border.

- The two nations have decided to free fishermen who have been detained on either side within 15 days.

- Both nations have agreed to further religious tourism between the two countries.