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Mainstream, VOL LIX No 11, New Delhi, February 27, 2021
Letter to the readers, Mainstream, Feb 27
Saturday 27 February 2021
Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Feb 27, 2021
In 2003 India and Pakistan had signed a ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kashmir region but this agreement had pretty much broken down in the recent years and there had been continuing violations and tensions on borders. There has been an important development on that front and Director Generals of Military Operations of India and Pakistan have issued a joint statement “Both sides agreed for strict observance of all agreements, understandings and cease firing along the Line of Control and all other sectors with effect from midnight 24/25 Feb 2021”. The agreement to observe a ceasefire and a return to the understanding of 2003 is a very positive development since there had been a long impasse and even a serious escalation leading to dramatic air combat between the two c