Musharraf to watch Delhi one-day match

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will watch the last one-dayer of the India-Pakistan cricket series here on April 17.

"Musharraf will be coming to Delhi to watch the match on April 17. He will be spending either April 16th night or April 17th night here," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's media adviser Sanjaya Baru said today.

During his stay, Musharraf would be meeting the Prime Minister, he said. Sources in the Prime Minister's Office had said yesterday Singh would be meeting Musharraf when he visited to watch a match but "there is no formal agenda for bilateral talks." "This is not going to be a summit meeting," they said.

Musharraf in an interview to BBC telecast last night said he looked forward to holding "a little more concrete" talks with Indian leaders during his visit to watch a match of the ongoing Indo-Pak cricket series.

"I have been invited to India and I have a blank cheque to watch any of the matches. More important than the match, I would like to meet Indian leaders and I know there is desire on the other side, and I look forward to making this meeting a little more concrete, to move the process forward," he said.