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Pakistani delegation to visit India on March 13 to discuss activation of Kartarpur corridor

A Pakistani delegation will visit India on March 13, in the first set of bilateral meetings on the activation of Kartarpur corridor, to discuss the details of the cross-border pilgrimage. Pakistan has further proposed a reciprocal visit by an Indian delegation 15 days later to “finalise the draft agreement”.

The meetings will be held to facilitate the travel of Sikh pilgrims to Darbar Sahib Kartarpur Gurudwara in Narowal, nearly 4 km from the Gurdaspur border.

“In a spirit of constructive engagement #Pakistan has proposed to India that the Pakistan delegation may visit #India on 13 March followed by the return visit of the Indian delegation to Pakistan on 28 March to finalise the draft agreement for the #kartarpur corridor,” Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Faisal posted on Twitter.

Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Raveesh Kumar posted on Twitter: “We welcome the visit of #Pakistan team to discuss and finalise modalities for facilitating visit of pilgrims through #Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on 13 March 2019 to India. Follow up meeting can be held in Pakistan, as required.”

India has also asked Pakistan to hold “technical level discussions between engineers on both sides without waiting for discussion on the modalities”.

“We hope Pakistan would positively respond & confirm coordinates of crossing point as well,” Kumar posted.

This arrives after New Delhi proposed two sets of dates, in February and March, for the Pakistan delegation’s visit.

The Kartarpur corridor’s groundbreaking ceremony was conducted in both India and Pakistan in November. The corridor is expected to be completed within six months.

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