New Delhi, September 29
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said India and Pakistan have agreed to withdraw troops from their present position in Siachen glacier but the modalities have to be worked out.
“We have agreed. They (Pakistan) have agreed to withdraw troops from the present positions. There is no two opinion about it, both sides have agreed”, Mukherjee said in a TV interview.
Replying to questions, the Minister said “the disagreement is where we are demanding that we must identify the places, delineate the places we were before withdrawal, so that there is a record that the troops of the respective countries occupied these places”.
“The Pakistani point of view,” Mukherjee said, “is that when we have agreed to withdraw from the respective positions, what is the relevance after the withdrawal agreement is signed.
“Therefore, there is the area of disagreement”, the Defence Minister said.
— PTI
