Indo-Pak army commanders hold flag meet on LoC

A battalion commander level flag meeting was held between Indo-Pak armies on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.

“A Battalion Commander level flag meeting was held at Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonch Sector at 11 am on Tuesday to take forward the peace process initiated since the Brigade Commander level flag meeting of 21 September 2015,” defence spokesman SD Goswami said in a statement.

“The representatives of the two nations deliberated to address on the recent ceasefire violations in Poonch sector. In the meeting which lasted for nearly thirty minutes,” he said.

He added, “both the sides acknowledged each other’s efforts in maintaining peace and tranquillity on the Line of Control in the recent past,” he said.

Exercising restraint
He added that both the sides mutually agreed to the importance of exercising restraint on the Line of Control and keeping the communication alive through established reconciliation mechanism of exchange of hot line messages and flag meetings.

Benefit for farmers
Goswami said stress was also laid on the fact that farmers on the two sides of the Line of Control were beginning their agricultural activities after the winter months.
He added that all possible steps should be taken to ensure these activities on which livelihood of farmers depends remain unaffected.