India, Pakistan discuss trade across LoC

March 04, 2014 20:43

India and Pakistan today held a meeting on cross-Line of Control trade and travel, during which ways and mechanisms for increasing people-to-people contact, increasing the trade volume and improving infrastructure at trading points were discussed.

The meeting took place against the backdrop of tension along the LoC after a driver from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir was arrested for allegedly smuggling brown sugar worth Rs 100 crore on January 17 at Salamabad in Uri in North Kashmir.

The Indian delegation was led by Joint Secretary in External Affairs Ministry R Tandon while the Pakistani side was represented by Director General (South Asia) Riffat Masood.

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