The Pakistan Delegation will be led by Director-General South Asia and SAARC, Dr Mohammad Faisal along with officials from Pakistan's interior, law and religious affairs ministry.
India and Pakistan officials will meet on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border on Thursday to decide on the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor.
This will be the first meeting between the officials of the two countries to decide on the details of the planned corridor such as alignment of the corridor. The Indian delegation will include officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) with the delegation led by Joint Secretary (Foreigners) MHA, Anil Malik.
The Pakistan Delegation will be led by Director-General South Asia and SAARC, Dr Mohammad Faisal along with officials from Pakistan's interior, law and religious affairs ministry.
On the agenda for the meet are two things: one, the draft memorandum on the agreement which New Delhi shared with Islamabad on the operational modalities of the corridor, second is on border infrastructure alignment.
India is optimistic about having "meaningful and constructive" talks. A government source said, "We approach these discussions with our objectives. Comments from the other side speak for themselves, but we hope that in the meeting, there is a constructive and flexible approach that can help realise the objective of Indian citizens getting access to the gurudwara."
Asked about Pakistan's support to Khalistan propaganda, he said, "We would certainly hope that Pakistan doesn't work in a manner which is a disappointment to the wishes of the pilgrims."
There has been concern regarding security for which New Delhi has assured that "security architecture" around the corridor will be "full proof, safe and intrusion free". India also dismissed Pakistani foreign office's claim that visa was not given to Pakistani media to cover the meeting saying it is a "technical & professional meeting and not an event."
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