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India, Pak to resume talks on Sir Creek
boundary dispute May 19, 2011, 07.58pm IST PTI ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan will
resume talks on the Sir Creek boundary
dispute here on Friday after a gap of four
years. An Indian delegation arrived in Pakistan
on Thursday for the talks as part of the
bilateral dialogue process that was
recently revived after a gap of over two
years in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai
attacks. The eight-member delegation led by
Surveyor General of India S Subba Rao will
hold two-day talks with a Pakistani team
led by additional defence secretary Rear
Admiral Shah Sohail Masood. The Indian delegation was received by
senior officials of Pakistan's defence
ministry at the Wagha land border
crossing on Thursday morning. The delegation will also call on defence
secretary Syed Athar Ali. During the last round of talks on the Sir
Creek issue four years ago, the two
countries made significant progress in
resolving the dispute over the 96-km
estuary in the Rann of Kutch separating
India's Gujarat state from Pakistan's Sindh province. At that time, Indian officials had said
there was convergence "up to a great
degree" over demarcating the maritime
boundary based on maps finalised in a
joint survey conducted in early 2007. Pakistan and India had also exchanged
maps of Sir Creek, marked with their
respective claims over the marshy strip
and their respective demarcations of the
maritime boundary. Unlike the military standoff in the
Siachen glacier, experts on both sides say
a deal on the Sir Creek issue is "doable". The talks on the Sir Creek issue follows
parleys earlier this year between the
home and interior secretaries, the
commerce secretaries and the water
secretaries. Indian members of a joint judicial
committee on prisoners visited Pakistan
to discuss ways to speed up the release of
prisoners held in each other's jails.
boundary dispute May 19, 2011, 07.58pm IST PTI ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan will
resume talks on the Sir Creek boundary
dispute here on Friday after a gap of four
years. An Indian delegation arrived in Pakistan
on Thursday for the talks as part of the
bilateral dialogue process that was
recently revived after a gap of over two
years in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai
attacks. The eight-member delegation led by
Surveyor General of India S Subba Rao will
hold two-day talks with a Pakistani team
led by additional defence secretary Rear
Admiral Shah Sohail Masood. The Indian delegation was received by
senior officials of Pakistan's defence
ministry at the Wagha land border
crossing on Thursday morning. The delegation will also call on defence
secretary Syed Athar Ali. During the last round of talks on the Sir
Creek issue four years ago, the two
countries made significant progress in
resolving the dispute over the 96-km
estuary in the Rann of Kutch separating
India's Gujarat state from Pakistan's Sindh province. At that time, Indian officials had said
there was convergence "up to a great
degree" over demarcating the maritime
boundary based on maps finalised in a
joint survey conducted in early 2007. Pakistan and India had also exchanged
maps of Sir Creek, marked with their
respective claims over the marshy strip
and their respective demarcations of the
maritime boundary. Unlike the military standoff in the
Siachen glacier, experts on both sides say
a deal on the Sir Creek issue is "doable". The talks on the Sir Creek issue follows
parleys earlier this year between the
home and interior secretaries, the
commerce secretaries and the water
secretaries. Indian members of a joint judicial
committee on prisoners visited Pakistan
to discuss ways to speed up the release of
prisoners held in each other's jails.
