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India, Pakistan Army Commanders Meet

: Dec 30, 2013 - : 8:44 am

Army commanders of India and Pakistan met and resolved to ensure peace on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and to hold flag meetings between their brigade commanders in volatile border areas.
The meeting between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan in Wagah on the Pakistani side of the border, after a gap of 14 years,  was described as “fruitful” by India’s DGMO, Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia.
“To carry forward the positive spirit of DGMO meeting, two flag meetings between brigade commanders will be held on the LoC (Line of Control) in the near future to ensure maintenance of peace and tranquillity,” a joint statement by both sides said.
“The meeting was held in a cordial, positive and constructive atmosphere. Both DGMOs showed their commitment to maintain the sanctity on the Line of Control and agreed to re-energise the existing mechanisms,” the statement added.
Talking to the media after returning from Wagah where he met Pakistan’s Maj. Gen. Aamer Riaz for two hours, Lt. Gen. Bhatia said: “Both sides discussed the (2003) ceasefire on the LoC and the existing mechanism. It has been decided to ensure (the) ceasefire,” he said.
The DGMOs decided to make their hotline contact “more effective and result-oriented”.
The DGMO-level talks were held after 14 years. The last time the key army commanders met was in July 1999 after the Kargil war. The two DGMOs usually talk on the hotline every Tuesday.
The LoC, which divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan, has seen several ceasefire violations and violent incidents in recent months. Five Indian soldiers were killed in August, leading to tension along the winding LoC.
According to a joint statement, the two sides decided to inform each other if any innocent civilian inadvertently crossed the LoC to ensure his or her early return to his/her country.
Lt. Gen. Bhatia led a five-member delegation to Pakistan for the talks. The Indian delegation walked across the zero line at the joint border checkstories between both countries at Attari, 30 km from Amritsar, at 11.30 a.m.
He was received by Maj. Gen. Riaz and other senior officers.
A brigadier and three lieutenant colonels from each side were present at the meeting, which began at 11.45 a.m. and ended at 2.10 p.m. It was followed by lunch.
Pakistan’s Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) said the decision to hold the meeting was taken at the political level.
The DGMO of Pakistan invited his Indian counterpart for a meeting to strengthen the mechanisms for ensuring the ceasefire along the LoC — and the proposal was accepted by India.

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