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NEW DELHI, APR 2
India and Pakistan will hold Defence Secretary-level talks on Siachen on Friday in an effort to resolve the vexed issue.
The talks will be held in Islamabad, sources told PTI here today after a meeting between External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri here.
The two Foreign Ministers reviewed progress on Siachen and various other bilateral issues including Jammu and Kashmir and Sir Creek when they met on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will also meet his Pakistan counterpart Shaukat Aziz here on Wednesday.
Speaking to journalists later, Kasuri said the two sides have agreed on dates for talks on Siachen but refused to disclose it.
He has been insisting that the two countries were close to settling the issue and given the political will, an agreement could be clinched anytime.
The two sides had agreed to demilitarise the icy heights but have failed to reach an understanding on how to do it. India has maintained that there can be no demilitarisation till Pakistan agrees to 'iron clad' authentication of present troop positions of the respective countries.
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