An offer and a reckoning
Opinion
May 7, 2021
After the February 25 LOC ceasefire, agreed upon by Pakistani and Indian DGMOs, several exchanges followed between the two governments in the shape of letters and greetings etc, which left little doubt that background meetings between India and Pakistan officials were underway.
The Indian media briefed by its officials was first out with the story: that there had been exchanges between the security officials of the two countries, a timeline of actions was agreed upon, and the process of bilateral dialogue and the revival of Saarc including the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Modi in Pakistan for the Saarc summit before the year end was all but sorted out. This is what the Indian media had reported.
What next after India & Pakistan announce surprise deal to stop fighting at LoC
In episode 691 of ThePrint s Cut The Clutter , Shekhar Gupta explains what led to the two sides making this move and why it is significant.
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New Delhi: India and Pakistan issued a joint statement Thursday agreeing to observe a ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. In episode 691 of ThePrint’s
‘Cut the Clutter’, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains what led the two sides to make this move, why it’s significant and what lies ahead.
Dr Moeed Yusuf has dismissed Indian media reports, claiming that Thursday’s icebreaker between New Delhi and Islamabad is result of some backchannel diplomacy
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