Govt decides against rethink over 2003 ceasefire agreement with Pakistan
News | June 05, 2018 13:03 ISTGovt decides against rethink over 2003 ceasefire agreement with Pakistan
Govt decides against rethink over 2003 ceasefire agreement with Pakistan
Lt Gen A K Bhatt told his Pakistani counterpart that there appeared to be a “disconnect” between the Pakistan Army’s reiteration about the desire for peace and the action of its troops.
DGMO Lt Gen A K Bhatt told his Pakistani counterpart that the trend of cross-border infiltration with “active support” of Pakistani forward posts has been continuing, impacting peace in the border areas.
The Indian DGMO today told his counterpart in Pakistan that India reserves the right to retaliate appropriately to Pakistani firing along the LoC.
In their telephonic conversation, the two army commanders discussed the situation along the Line of Control which has witnessed increasing incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan in the last couple of months.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Monday approved Lt Gen A K Bhatt’s appointment as the country's new DGMO.
"Earlier strikes, they were not even strikes, they were cross-border operations done at the local level," Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia said.
Here is the full text of the statement made by the DGMO at the joint press conference:
Here are the 10 key points made by the DGMO at the press conference:
New Delhi: India and Pakistan today agreed to jointly resolve sensitive issues like ceasefire violations and cross-border infiltration through timely exchange of information, including via email and over the telephone. At the conclusion of bilateral
New Delhi: India on Thursday asked Pakistan to "talk about the future" as border security forces of both countries sat across the table for a meeting.Highly-placed sources in the Border Security Force said India did
New Delhi/Amritsar: The Director General-level talks between border forces of India and Pakistan kicks off tomorrow days after parleys between their NSAs were cancelled with the host nation set to flag the "most important" issue
Islamabad: Border security officials of India and Pakistan are expected to meet in New Delhi next month for their bi-annual meeting, the first high-level interaction between the two sides after the cancellation of NSA-level talks,
Islamabad: A day after calling off Indo-Pak NSA-level talks, Pakistan today said the meetings between the DGMOs of the two countries and representatives of Pakistan Rangers and BSF will go ahead as agreed in Ufa.
Islamabad: The DGMOs of India and Pakistan will meet soon to discuss ways to reduce tensions on the LoC, with Islamabad today hoping that such engagements will facilitate the resumption of the stalled composite dialogue.
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