Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (C) gestures as he speaks with Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed (4L) and Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (3L) as they walk in Thimphu on April 29, 2010, during the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) summit. The prime ministers of India and Pakistan held direct talks in Bhutan, fuelling hopes of movement in the rival nations' glacial progress towards resuming a substantive peace dialogue. Despite scant expectation of any significant breakthrough, the mere fact that the two leaders sat down face-to-face marked a step forward for a relationship that has been effectively frozen since the 2008 Mumbai attacks. AFP PHOTO/Deshakalyan CHOWDHURY (Photo credit should read DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP via Getty Images)