Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- Top-level leaders from India and Pakistan have met in Dhaka for the first time since the brief war the two nuclear-armed nations fought in May.

They exchanged pleasantries during the last rites of former prime minister Khaleda Zia.

Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq later provided an account of his conversation with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar.

The leaders of the two arch rivals met on Wednesday at the parliament complex in Dhaka.

There, they separately met with the late BNP chief's son Tarique Rahman to offer their condolences.

Later that evening, the Pakistan National Assembly's X page described the handshake and exchange of greetings between Sadiq and Jaishankar.

The speaker subsequentl...