"A Decision has been taken at the highest level of releasing 164 Indian fishermen on 3 August in pursuant to the Ufa Joint Statement.
"Pakistan has always kept the humanitarian issues close to its heart, especially in India-Pakistan relations," a source in the Pakistan High Commission said today, noting that the Ufa joint statement also addressed the question of fishermen.
After a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa in Russia earlier this month, the two countries agreed on a joint statement which outlined number of steps to take forward the relationship including release of fishermen in each other's custody, along with their boats, within a period of 15 days.
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