Since the ceasefire agreement was renewed in February 2021, the violations have been rare. This was the first ceasefire violation this year and the fourth cross-border incident in five days.
Former ambassador to Pakistan, Satinder Lambah, claimed that the two nations had held multiple meetings and were on the brink of signing a "peace treaty" but everything changed after the UPA-II government lost General elections in 2014.
Army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane would be in Srinagar on a two-day visit starting Wednesday to review the situation on ground along the border and the counter-terrorist operations in the valley.
Pakistan has categorically rejected an allegation levelled by India, accusing Islamabad of cross-border infiltration.
The White House on Thursday had said the move is a positive step towards greater peace and stability in South Asia.
Indian Army Chief MM Naravane on Monday visited forward areas along the 198 kilometer-long India-Pak international border in the Jammu region to review the security scenario and preparedness of troops.
Net cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir has reduced to 43 per cent in the first half of 2019 while the barbed wire fencing along the India-Pakistan border will be completed by March 2020, the Parliament was told on Tuesday.
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Questioning the Modi government's peace overtures, senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala asked PM Modi to speak up over the BSF head constable Narender Singh's killing.
The body of Narendra Singh, who had gone missing the near the international border by Pakistan in Ramgarh sector, Jammu on September 18, was found with multiple bullet injuries on his torso including neck.
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