Jammu/New Delhi: Battered Pakistan on Monday called for a flag meeting with India’s BSF to maintain peace and tranquility along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The fresh assurance came from Pakistan at a sector commander level flag meeting between Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers at Border Outpost Octroi (on the Pakistan side) across RS Pura sector of Jammu district which lasted for about two hours.
In this meeting, it was decided to hold next such meeting on June 21.
“The prime focus of the meeting was to maintain peace and tranquility on the border. The meeting is likely to bring firing-free environment, particularly for border area villagers on both sides. Commanders on both sides agreed to keep talks on every level to develop confidence between two border guarding forces,” a BSF statement said.
“The meeting went off in a conducive atmosphere,” it added.
The BSF delegation, comprising of half a dozen officers, was led by its Deputy Inspector General, Jammu Sector, PS Dhiman while Brigadier Amjad Hussain, Sector Commander, Sialkot, led the Pakistan delegation which comprised of 10 officers.
This was the third sector commander level meeting of the year, coming amid heavy shelling and firing on the International Border.
The last sector commander level meeting was held on the International Border in Suchetgarh area of Jammu on February 23.
The flag meeting was convened at the request of the Pakistani side after its Rangers violated the earlier assurance given at the DGMOs level hotline talks by targeting four border outposts of the BSF in Akhnoor sector on Monday morning in which two BSF personnel were martyred.
However, in its retaliatory action, the Indian forces decimated at least ten Pakistani bunkers across the international boundary on Tuesday morning.
Visibly shaken by the Indian forces response to their treachery, Pakistanis sought a flag meeting for fresh peace.