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"As of now there is nothing, no bilateral meeting on the schedule," media reports quoted  Vikas Swarup, Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs as saying. .

PM Modi and and PM Sharif are staying in the same hotel in the city - the iconic Waldorf Astoria.

 

Earlier, speculations were rife that the PMs of both countries, staying in the same hotel, may get hold of a chance to hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the programme they have come to attend.

"There will be no deliberate attempt. If a handshake happens, you will get to see it. If a pull aside happens, you will get to see it,"  Swarup told reporters. 

Prime Minister Sharif is scheduled to arrive in New York on Friday evening.