Pakistan And India Peace Negotiations
Pakistan And India Peace Negotiations: Director Generals Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India established a special hotline contact and reviewed the prevailing situation along the line of control and the working boundary.
They mutually agreed to undertake sincere measures to improve the existing situation ensuring peace and avoidance of hardships to the civilians along the borders, said an ISPR press release.
An official announcement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said both DGMOs reviewed the prevailing situation along the LoC and the Working Boundary, and mutually agreed to undertake sincere measures to improve the existing situation, ensuring peace and avoidance of hardships to the civilians along the borders.
DGMOs Agreed
- to fully implement the ceasefire understanding of 2003 in letter
- to ensure that henceforth the ceasefire will not be violated by both sides, it further said.
- in case of any issue, restraint will be exercised and the matter will be resolved through utilization of existing mechanisms of hotline contacts and border flag meetings at local commander’s level.
Pakistan army has reported a number of cases of LoC violations by India. Ceasefire violations are a frequent feature along the LoC as relations between the two countries have plummeted in last couple of years.
This year 1,050 ceasefire violations have been committed by India in just five months leaving 28 civilians dead.
In an unexpected development, Pakistan and India agreed to restore the 2003 ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary, suggesting a new push to resolve years of tensions.
It was not clear what exactly prompted the two sides to agree to a ceasefire. But observers believe that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was under pressure to review his hardline approach towards Pakistan as it has failed to pay any dividends.
Some sources said the two sides were discussing the possibility of ceasefire through back channels and the telephonic contact between the DGMOs was just a formality.
The development came as the five-year tenure of the PML-N government is set to complete this week.
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