NEW DELHI, JULY 24 (SPA) - INDIAN AND PAKISTANI OFFICIALS PLAN TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS IN BANGLADESH NEXT WEEK, THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AFTER NEW DELHI PUT OFF PEACE TALKS OVER THE MUMBAI BOMB BLASTS, AN INDIAN OFFICIAL SAID ON MONDAY. THE TALKS BETWEEN INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY SHYAM SARAN AND HIS PAKISTANI COUNTERPART RIAZ MOHAMMAD KHAN -- BUREAUCRATS WHO HEAD THE RESPECTIVE FOREIGN MINISTRIES -- WOULD BE HELD ON THE SIDELINES OF A SOUTH ASIAN CONFERENCE, THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY REUTERS. THE TALKS BETWEEN THE BUREAUCRATS WAS EXPECTED TO BE FOLLOWED BY A MEETING BETWEEN THE PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER AND INDIA’S JUNIOR FOREIGN MINISTER, HE SAID. THE MEETINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HELD BETWEEN JULY 31 AND AUG. 2, HE ADDED. "IT’S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TWO SIDES TO MEET WITHOUT IT LOOKING LIKE FORMAL TALKS," SAID THE OFFICIAL, WHO SPOKE ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY. "IT WILL ALLOW US TO PRESS PAKISTAN TO LIVE UP TO THE COMMITMENTS IT HAS MADE TO END TERRORISM." --SPA 24/07/2006 14:57 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/377853