New Delhi: The twelfth round of Defence Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan on Siachen will be held in New Delhi on the 30th and 31st of May 2011.
The Defence Secretary Shri Pradeep Kumar will lead the Indian delegation. The other members of the team include Special Secretary RK Mathur, DGMO Lt General AM Verma and the Surveyor General S Subha Rao.
The Pakistan delegation will be led by Defence Secretary Lt General (retired) Syed Ather Ali. The other members include Maj Gen Ashfaq Nadeem Ahmed, Maj Gen Munwar Ahmed Solehri and Maj Gen (Retd.) Mir Haider Ali Khan.
The Defence Secretary level talks between the two countries to resolve the Siachen issue dates back to 1985. The decision to hold talks followed discussions between then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and then Pakistan President Gen Zia-ul-Haq at Oman and New Delhi.
The talks became a part of the composite dialogue with Pakistan, on all issues including Kashmir, from the eighth round of talks in August 2004 in New Delhi. Eleven rounds of talks have been held so far.
It was decided by the two countries to resume the bilateral dialogue on all outstanding issues following the meetings of the Prime Ministers in Thimpu in April 2010 followed by the meetings of the two Foreign Secretaries on February 06, 2011.
The Siachen issue is historical in nature. The Cease Fire Line (CFL) and the Line of Control (LOC) in J andK were delineated by the Karachi Agreement of 1949 and the Shimla Agreement of 1972 respectively up to point NJ 9842.
The area beyond this point has remained un-delineated. This has led to different interpretations.
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