India, Pak meet at Wagah to talk trade, integrated check post-to ease trade and ceremonial duties.25/3/11

India, Pak meet at Wagah to talk trade, integrated check post


Ahead of the Home Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan, officials from both sides will meet on Friday on the Wagah border to ease trade and ceremonial duties. The meeting of the joint technical group on trade and travel facilitation, which will be attended by senior Home Ministry officials, will also be taking stock of the integrated check post project at the border.

Sources said New Delhi and Islamabad want to open two separate gates at the border check post, instead of the existing one. While one will be used for ceremonial and official duties, the second one will be used for movement of people and goods. The construction of the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Attari, Amritsar in Punjab began in February last year. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 150 crore.

The ICPs are envisaged to to provide facilities for effective and efficient discharge of functions such as security, immigration, customs, quarantine, while also providing support facilities for smooth cross-border movement of persons, goods and transport.

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Meanwhile, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Thursday cleared the agenda of talks to be discussed with Pakistan when the Home Secretaries meet here next week.

Sources said the CCS, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has given its nod to issues such as cross-border terrorism, progress in 26/11 trial, and inflow of fake Indian currency notes to be raised at the two-day meeting scheduled to be held on March 28 and 29.