Timetable of India-Pakistan peace talks

ISLAMABAD: Following is list of key dates laid out during talks between India and Pakistan:

March 8-9, 2004: Talks on Kashmir bus service.

March 29-30: Talks on a bus service between Pakistan’s southern Sindh province and India’s northwestern Rajasthan state.

March or April: Border security officials meet to discuss technical issues on coordinated patrolling to combat smuggling and drug trafficking.

May: Experts discuss nuclear confidence building measures.

May or June: Foreign secretaries discuss the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir.

June: Committee meets to consider cooperation efforts to combat drug trafficking and smuggling.

July: Talks on terrorism and economic cooperation.

July or August: One-day meeting of the foreign secretaries to review progress.

August: Summit between the foreign ministers of the two nations. —AP

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