Days after Director Generals Military Operations (DGMO) of India and Pakistan met face-to-face for the first time since Kargil War in 1999; Brigadier level officers of the two Armies will hold talks in Poonch on Friday to discuss ways to maintain peace at the line of Control (loC).
The meeting between the Brigadier level officers was decided during lt General V Bhatia and his Pakistani counterpart Major General Aamir Riaz on Attari-Wagah border on December 24 last year.
The two Brigadiers of India and Pakistan respectively will meet at Chakkan-da-Bagh, the crossing point in Poonch at the lOC for people of two countries besides ferrying goods into each other’s country, officials said on Thursday.
India is likely to raise the issue of a ceasefire violation in Krishna Ghati in Poonch on Monday last besides pressing for more interactions at the local commanders; level to avoid any situation from getting out of hand.
Incidentally, the first fortnight of this month has not seen any infiltration bid by militants from across the loC besides the lone incident of ceasefire violation, sources said adding the last major violation took place on October 27. The face-to-face meeting between DGMOs and Brigadiers was decided when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sideline of the UN Summit in New York in September last year.