Pakistan's Shah Mehmood Qureshi and India's S.M. Krishna held talks in an effort to revive the peace process that was broken off after the 2008 assault on the Indian financial capital Mumbai.
But neither minister set a date for future talks or announced any concrete measures that might ease tensions. Both were grim-faced and somber at a news conference after the meeting and had little interaction.
India has blamed Pakistan-based militants for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. And on Wednesday, Indian Home Secretary, G.K. Pillai, accused Pakistan's main spy agency of orchestrating the assault.
India has been pushing Pakistan to take action against the perpetrators of the attack as a pre-condition for re-launching the peace process between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
One political commentator says no one really hoped for any breakthrough and it would be a slow process where the two sides will continue meeting and talking.
[Saeed Naqv, Political Analyst]:
"New Delhi is proceeding very cautiously. They are saying look, start with terror, bit-by-bit, if something is resolved then one can proceed. So, we are going to see a great deal of running fast to stand still."
Security remains India's top concern in talks with Pakistan after Mumbai. But Pakistan wants discussions on other issues, including its core dispute with India over the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Both ministers agreed that the countries would continue talks, acknowledging the decades of distrust between them.
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