India, Pakistan to discuss Siachen today

June 11, 2012 11:34

India and Pakistan will hold Secretary level talks over the military standoff on the Siachen glacier, here on Monday, against the growing clamour to demilitarise the world's highest battlefield.

The two-day talks, part of the resumed dialogue process between the neighbours post 26/11, will be led by India's Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma, while the Paskistan side will be represented by Defence Secretary Nargis Sethi. Sharma will, reportedly, also hold talks with Pakistan''s Defence Minister Naveed Qamar Pakistan's Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has called for the resolution of Siachen issue after an avalanche killed 139 soldiers at a high-altitude army camp on April 7.

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