Pakistan and India ready to resume talks regarding Kartarpur corridor on 14th July

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to expeditious completion of Kartarpur Corridor as it accepted an Indian proposal for a second bilateral meeting on the modalities for the functioning of visa-free passage in the second week of July.

“Pakistan, today, conveyed to India that the second meeting to discuss the draft agreement for finalising the modalities of Kartarpur Corridor and related technical issues will be held on 14th July, 2019 at Wagah,” said a Foreign Office statement.

India had earlier pulled out of the second bilateral meeting scheduled for April 2 after the two sides had met at Attari on March 14.

The Foreign Office said the Indian side was asked to share the composition of its delegation visiting Wagah on July 14.

The Office also  said the Indian side was asked to share the composition of its delegation visiting Wagah on July 14.

Just last Saturday, a report published by Hindustan Times said that New Delhi had proposed to Pakistan that the second meeting of the officials for finalising the modalities of opening the corridor be held between July 11 and 14 at Wagah on the Pakistani side of the border.

The corridor, a peace initiative of Pakistani government, is being constructed to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in November this year. The corridor will provide Indian Sikhs visa-free access to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur in Pakistan.