Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said he desires peaceful ties with India and welcomed the scheduled meeting between DGMOs of the two countries on December 24.
"Pakistan's intentions towards its neighbours are positive and expects similar reciprocity from them," he said while speaking to journalists after witnessing the rolling-out of 50 JF-17 fighter aircraft built with Chinese help.
The Prime Minister welcomed the upcoming meeting of the Directors General Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India on December 24, state-run APP news agency reported.
After a gap of 14 years, the DGMOs will meet next week to scale down tension along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The DGMOs of both nations, who talk almost every week over a hotline, last met face-to-face after the 1999 Kargil war.
The military officers will meet on the Pakistani side of the Wagah border on December 24 and discuss ways in which the ceasefire agreement can be upheld at the LoC.
India will be represented by Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and the Pakistani side will be led by Maj Gen Aamer Riaz. The meeting comes three months after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sharif proposed this meeting to defuse tensions.
The premiers felt a meeting between the top Army officers would help reduce tensions on the LoC that were at a peak following the killing of five Indian soldiers in an attack in August amid a series of ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
However, the meeting was not scheduled immediately and both sides did not give reasons for the delay.
The strained bilateral relations took a hit early this year when two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops along the LoC in January.
