India, Pak officials to discuss cross-LoC trade issues on Tuesday
March 02, 2014  12:51
Indian and Pakistani officials will meet in New Delhi on Tuesday to fine tune the mechanism for cross-Line of Control trade in Jammu and Kashmir, including urgent redressal of issues arising out of illegal practices.

The meeting comes against the backdrop of tension along the LoC after the arrest of a driver from Pakistan-occupied- Kashmir for allegedly smuggling 'brown sugar' worth Rs 100 crore on January 17.

That resulted in disruption of the trade between the two sides of Kashmir, which resumed only in the last week of February.

Following resumption of trade in Kashmir, the two sides had agreed to hold a joint working group meeting to make a holistic review of trade along the LoC.

In view of this, the two sides will be meeting on March 4 where Pakistani side will be represented by Director General (South Asia) Riffat Masood and Indian side will be headed by a Joint Secretary from the Ministry of External Affairs, official sources said.

Ahead of this meeting, internal deliberations were held with various stakeholders in LoC trade over the agenda for the meeting.
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