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India accepts Pakistan’s offer for talk on Kartarpur corridor

India accepts Pakistan’s offer for talk on Kartarpur corridor
September 1, 2019
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – A key progress in the matter of Kartarpur corridor as India accepted the offer of Pakistan for high level talk on the ongoing project. According to the sources, Pakistan and India will hold high level talk on Kartarpur corridor on September 4 (Wednesday) at Wagah Border. The sources also confirmed that India accepted the offer of Pakistan. DG South Asia or SAARC Dr Mohammad Faisal will lead the Pakistani delegation in the talks in which draft of the corridor will be finalized. The sources further said that both sides are 80 per cent agreed on the corridor’s draft. The meeting will be started at 10am in the boundary of India at Attari-Wagah border.
Pak, India talks over Kartarpur Corridor pact achieve 80% success
Earlier, Pakistan and India have reached a consensus over 80 per cent of the agreement for Kartarpur Corridor in today’s meeting, said Director General for South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal. Pakistan and India had initiated the second round of talks at the Wagah Border to discuss and finalize plan for the Kartarpur corridor. Dr Mohammad Faisal, who led the Pakistani delegation in talks, told reporters after meeting that the next round of talks between two sides would sort out the remaining 20 per cent of the pact as considerable progress had been made in second round of mutual talks. He said the basic objective of plan was to establish peace corridor, adding Pakistani side had planted a sapling of peace and further efforts were continuing to establish peaceful relations between the two states. He said they asked Indian delegation to plant sapling of peace, but they left. Talking to reporters before meeting, Dr Faisal said Pakistan is ready to open the corridor on the occasion of birthday anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak. He further said 80 percent work on the corridor had been completed.