According to the contentious Sharm el-Sheikh joint statement, the foreign secretaries of the two countries will meet 'as often as possible' before the foreign ministers meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. But no meeting has taken place so far due to Pakistan's perceived inaction against the 26/11 terrorists.

In an interaction with journalists, Krishna Thursday underlined India's mounting exasperation at Pakistan's lack of inaction in prosecuting the 26/11 perpetrators and made it clear that terror and negotiations cannot go on at the same time.

He had also said that his meeting with Qureshi will depend on the meeting between the two foreign secretaries.

Signalling India's hardening of stand, Krishna said that Pakistan has a vested interest in blocking the inquiry into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and safeguarding terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed.