Today, the first meeting between India and Pakistan experts for discussion regarding the modalities and draft agreement for facilitation of pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, was held in in a “cordial environment”. The agreement will also allow Indian pilgrims to travel without visas to visit the Gurdwara.
A joint statement issued by both the countries said that both sides held detailed and constructive discussions on various aspects and provisions of the proposed agreement. Both sides “agreed to work towards expeditiously operationalizing the Kartapur Sahib Corridor.” The Indian delegation was led by SCL Das, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Pakistan delegation was led by Dr. Mohammad Faisal, DG (SA & SAARC) of Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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The talks on Kartarpur corridor modalities, comes a day after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that India cannot have a dialogue with Pakistan unless the neighbouring country acted against terror outfits on its soil.
The next meeting at Wagah will be held on April 2, 2019. However, technical experts from both the countries will, meet on March 19, 2019, at the “proposed zero points to finalise the alignment”, said a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs.