India, Pakistan go into glacier talks with warm glow
INDIA and Pakistan expressed optimism on the eve of talks to settle
two bitter border disputes, including their standoff on the Siachen
Glacier, the world's highest battlefield. A ceasefire has been in
place across the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, including
Siachen, since November, 2003.
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Pakistan-India should move forward on political,
economic fronts: Musharraf
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said the ongoing peace process
with nuclear rival India should move forward in tandem with economic
cooperation. "We have to move forward on the political front
effectively for dispute resolution and also simultaneously look for
developing trade and economic ties," Musharraf told a visiting
Indian business delegation here. After years of hostility that
sometimes spilled over to fighting, the two sides launched a peace
process early last year.
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