Kasuri calls on PM

New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri made a ''courtesy call'' on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here this evening and discussed matters of bilateral and regional interest.

''It was just a courtesy call,'' an official of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.

Mr Kasuri also apprised the Prime Minister about the discussions he held with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee earlier during the day.

It was not immediately clear whether Mr Kasuri had renewed the invitation to the Prime Minister to visit Pakistan.

The Pakistan Foreign Minister who arrived here yesterday to co-Chair the Fifth India-Pakistan Joint Commission Meeting and hold talks with the External Affairs Minister, will call on former Prime Ministrer Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani tomorrow.

He is also scheduled to meet Hurriyat leaders, including hardliner Ali Shah Geelani.

He leaves for home tomorrow night.

UNI