Army officers from India and Pakistan on Tuesday exchanged packets of sweets during a flag meeting at Chakan-da-bagh meeting point along the line of Control in frontier Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir.
The Battalion commander level flag meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere and instead of trading charges against each other both the sides deliberated on a host of issues to take forward the confidence building measures initiated during the Brigade command level Flag meeting.
According to defence spokesman, “representatives from both the sides discussed ceasefire violations, return of inadvertent civilian crossers across line of Control, air space violations and construction activity close to the line of Control”.
According to official sources the flag meeting lasted over one and half hours. The colonel ranked officers leading the respective delegations acknowledged each others efforts in maintaining peace and tranquility on the line of control in the recent past.
Both sides mutually agreed to keeping the communication alive through established reconciliation mechanism.
Meanwhile, an Army jawan died under mysterious circumstances in Balnoi area of Mendhar due to bullet injuries.
Official sources said Naik Anil Kumar of 1 Mahar was found dead on Tuesday morning in Balnoi sector of Mendhar.
The Army authorities did not confirm the circumstances under which the jawan died but unconfirmed reports claimed that Naik Anil Kumar allegedly shot himself dead on Tuesday morning at around 10 am.