India, Pakistan hold talks on Sir Creek

India and Pakistan held technical-level talks on Sir Creek Tuesday to decide terms of reference for a joint survey of the disputed boundary.

The Indian side is being led by Deputy Surveyor General Brigadier Girish Kumar and the Pakistani delegation by Surveyor General Maj Gen Jameel-ur-Rehman Afridi for the two-day talks.

The two countries had decided to conduct a joint survey of the disputed boundary during talks between then External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on October 4.

The survey will form the basis of negotiations for resolution of the issue that has been nagging the two countries since Partition.

The report of the survey will have to be presented for discussions at third round of Composite Dialogue Process beginning next month.

At the meeting, the two sides are understood to have exchanged documents on the survey of the horizontal line carried out some months ago by the two countries. Sir Creek is one of the eight issues being discussed by the two countries under the Composite Dialogue Process, whose two rounds have been completed.

Sir Creek is one of the eight issues being discussed by the two countries under the Composite Dialogue Process. The two countries have already carried out a survey of the horizontal line and identified many boundary pillars erected well before 1947.