Indo-Pak talk on water dispute today
Pakistan and India will resume talks for the first time in six years this week over a 19-year water dispute as nascent dialogue between the traditional foes inches forward.
Officials from both sides will begin a two-day meeting in Islamabad on Thursday, a day later than originally scheduled, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
"The talks will now be held on July 29-30," a senior foreign ministry official told AFP.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The Indian delegation, led by the secretary of the water resources minister, V.K. Duggal was due here later Wednesday.
The talks are aimed at resolving differences over construction of a barrage begun by India in 1985 over the Jhelum river, which starts in Indian controlled territory but feeds Pakistan.
The water talks are part of the ongoing peace process started by the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals early this year.
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