Summary The meeting will discuss ways and means to improve the modalities regarding trade across the LoC.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - A meeting of Pakistan-India Joint Working Group (JWG) on Cross-LoC Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) will be held in New Delhi on March 4 to streamline trade across LoC.
Pakistan’s delegation will be headed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General (South Asia) Ms Riffat Masood, while the Indian side will be led by Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary Rudrendra Tandon.
Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry and Indian High Commissioner Dr. T.C.A. Raghavan in a meeting held on January 25, decided to hold a meeting of the Joint Working Group.
The JWG would discuss ways and means to further streamline and improve the modalities regarding trade across the LoC.
Following the alleged discovery of some narcotics in one of the trucks from the AJK side on January 15, trade and travel across the LoC had been suspended. Subsequently, this was resumed.
Since the Working Group is meeting after a gap of one and half years as the last meeting was held in July 2012 in Islamabad, it will also review the current status of the CBMs that are in place and give its recommendations.
