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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