Officials from India, Pakistan meet in New Delhi

Top Indian and Pakistani officials held talks Tuesday in New Delhi against the backdrop of a recent terror attack that killed 20 people in India's financial capital.

The meeting between the foreign secretaries of the archrivals was expected to focus on confidence-building measures, trade and people-to-people exchanges.

The talks will lay the groundwork for a meeting Wednesday between the foreign ministers of both nations.

Peace talks between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors broke down over a terrorist attack by 10 Pakistani gunmen that killed 166 people in Mumbai in 2008.

The countries decided to restart the peace process in February and have since discussed Kashmir and the continuing threat of terrorism.

Another terror attack hit Mumbai earlier this month, when 20 people were killed by three bombs. Suspicion has fallen on the Indian Mujahideen, an Islamic militant group linked to Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba that has claimed past terrorist attacks using similar explosives.