New Delhi, August 5
India and Pakistan today began the third round of expert-level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) wherein the two sides reviewed the progress made in the previous two rounds.
The two neighbours have been negotiating the issue of prior notification on missile tests but have not arrived at a mutually acceptable decision.
The Indian delegation at the two-day talks was led by Ms Meera Shankar, Additional Secretary (United Nations) in the MEA and the Pakistani delegation by Mr Tariq Osman Hyder, Additional Secretary (UN and EC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dialogue between the Indo-Pak experts on the subject of nuclear CBMs under the composite dialogue framework was resumed in 2004. The last two meetings were held in June, 2004, in New Delhi and December, 2004, in Islamabad.
