India and Pakistan are expected to hold talks on Sir Creek - one of the eight areas covered under Composite Dialogue process this month notwithstanding postponement of Foreign-Secretary level talks.
"There will be no impact on the technical-level talks" between the two countries," an official of the External Affairs Ministry was quoted as telling Press Trust of India.
Officials of the two countries are expected to meet in Pakistan this month to discuss Sir Creek issue. No dates have been fixed yet but the officials here said, the expert-level meeting would take place this month as agreed by the two sides.
India had postponed the Foreign Secretary-level parleys, stated to be held on July 20, after serial blasts in the financial capital of the country on July 11, that killed 200 people. The decision to hold technical-level talks on Sir Creek this month was taken at a meeting in New Delhi on May 25-26, when the two sides moved forward in narrowing down the differences.
After the last meeting between India's Surveyor General, Major General M Gopal Rao, and Pakistan's Additional Secretary of Defence, Rear Admiral Ahsan-ul-Haq Chaudhri, the two sides agreed on the early settlement of the land boundary in the Sir Creek and the maritime boundary.
The two sides discussed the delineation of India and Pakistan boundary in Sir creek area and delimitation of India-Pakistan Maritime Boundary in their meeting in May last.
Both sides also agreed on the early settlement of the land boundary in Sir Creek area and the maritime boundary and to conduct a joint survey of the Sir Creek and adjoining areas and waters between November 2006 and March 2007.
It was also decided that technical experts of the two sides would meet in Pakistan in August to work out the extent and modalities for the joint survey, according to the joint statement.
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