By Ankit Panda
A working group on confidence building measures along the Line of Control met for the first time in 18 months.
The Joint Working Group (JWG) on Cross-Line of Control (LoC) Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) between India and Pakistan met in New Delhi on Tuesday after 18 months. The JWG was to work towards normalizing the situation between the two countries on their disputed border in Kashmir.
The Pakistani delegation was led by Riffat Masood, a high-level diplomat, and the Indian side was led by senior diplomat Rudrendra Tandon. The decision to resume the JWG was taken during a meeting between India’s Ambassador to Pakistan and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry in late January.
The meeting represents the culmination of a series of positive developments between India and Pakistan that began in late December when the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both countries met on the border for military-to-military consultations on border patrols and other matters related to the security of the Line of Control.
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