Islamabad on Tuesday informed that a delegation would visit India on March 14 for talks on the draft agreement on Kartarpur Corridor, with tension between India and Pakistan de-escalating for now following the Pulwama attack and IAF’s strikes on terror camps in Balakot.
Pakistan also expects Indian delegation to visit Pakistan on 28th March.
Previously, the bilateral meeting was earlier scheduled to take place on March 13.
Both sides are yet to finalise the modalities of travel of the pilgrims to the holy site.
In the scheduled bilateral meeting, both sides will see about the finalisation of the draft agreement for Kartarpur Corridor, which will link Baba Nanak village in Punjab to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Narowal in Pakistan.
The corridor is considered to open as a part of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev in 2019.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had asked for visa-free entry to the gurdwara, khulle-darshan for all people irrespective of their faith, and multiple entries for the devotees.
Meanwhile, Pakistan also said High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood would also return to Delhi. He was called back to Islamabad for consultations on February 18 after the suicide attack that took place on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama killing more than 40 security personnel.
After the attack, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale had issued a “very strong demarche” to Mahmood and urged that Pakistan must take “immediate and verifiable action” against the ‘Jaish-e-Mohammad’ terror outfit based in Pakistan.
Also he wanted that Pakistan must immediately stop any groups or individuals associated with terrorism operating from its soil.