They met amid easing tension to discuss giving special permits to allow to pilgrims to easily visit a Sikh shrine just inside Pakistan
In this Oct. 13, 2008, file photo, Pakistan Rangers personnel watch from the Pakistan side of the border, as Indian Border Security Force personnel roll out a red carpet for a delegation to cross over to Pakistan at the Attari-Wagah check post on the outskirts of Amritsar, India.Officials from India and Pakistan met Thursday amid easing tensions to discuss opening a visa-free border crossing to allow pilgrims to easily visit a Sikh shrine just inside Pakistan.
Instead of visas, the two countries plan to give special permits to devotees to access the shrine, the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Narowal border district.Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion, had settled in what is now Pakistan’s Kartarpur, where he spent the last 18 years of his life. The shrine was built after Guru Nanak died in 16th century.
Thursday’s meeting was held “in a in a cordial environment” and the two sides agreed to meet again on April 2, said a joint statement issued after the meeting. It’s unclear how long the construction of a border corridor would take or when the crossing will actually open.
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