New Delhi, Feb 21: Senior Indian and Pakistani army commanders met in Jammu and Kashmir this week for the first time in three years to clear up a "misunderstanding", a newspaper reported on Saturday.
The meeting took place Friday afternoon in the Chorbat La sector, along the Line of Control (LoC). The report said the decision to hold a meeting was taken three weeks ago following a "misunderstanding" in Kashmir's Batalik region, scene of fierce fighting between the rival armies during a short conflict between May and July 1999.
Director General of Military Operations, Lieutenant General BS Takhar spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Major General Ashraf Kayani over a hotline and it was decided to hold a "flag meeting", the report said.
Bureau Report