India's Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Thursday cleared agenda for talks with Pakistan on Siachen, to be held in Islamabad on 11th and 12th June. India is expected to stick to its stand on authentication of troop positions at Siachen at the upcoming talks with Pakistan.
The issue was discussed by the CCS, which cleared the stand to be adopted by India in this regard, PTI reported quoting the sources. Defence secretaries of the two countries will meet in Islamabad on June 11 and 12 in a bid to find a solution to the vexed issue which has been hanging fire for over two decades.
Maintenance of troops in the glaciated mountainous region ranging in the altitude of above 15,000 ft is costing immensely to both countries in terms of monetary and human resources. Commenting on the upcoming talks, Defence Minister A K Antony had recently said in Parliament that no one should expect any "dramatic" results from the Defence Secretaries' talks. India and Pakistan have held several rounds of talks to resolve the Siachen issue.