Summary Director General Military Operations of the two countries met for the first time in 14 years.
LAHORE (Web Desk) - Director General Military Operations of Pakistan and India held a meeting at Wagah border on Tuesday.
A joint declaration was issued after the conclusion of the meeting.
According to the declaration, the both sides agreed to reinforce the ceasefire agreement to reduce tensions along the Line of Control (LOC) and Working boundary.
The DGMOs meeting also agreed to make hotline contacts regular and effective.
The meeting also agreed that information about those persons would be immediately exchanged who cross border the border by mistake and measures would be adopted for their earlier return to home country.
Inter-Services of Public Relations (ISPR) stated that talks were held in cordial and congenial environment.
Pakistani side was led by Director General Military Operations Major General Aamer Riaz while the Indian side by Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia.
According to a statement issued by Inter-Services of Public Relations (ISPR), the decision for holding meeting between Pakistan and Indian DGMOs was taken on political level.
It is worth mentioning here that DGMOs of the two countries met for the first time in 14 years.
On December 17, Director General Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan had invited his Indian counterpart for a meeting on December 24 to discuss increased incidents of Line of Control (LoC) violations.
ISRR had stated that the decision has been made to discuss the growing tension on Line of Control besides violation of the line from Indian troops.
Many civilians were injured in the unprovoked firing of Indian troops on the border villages of Pakistan.
The move came after cabinet’s committee on national security had decided to deescalate tension on eastern border with India and on LoC.
