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Indian, Pakistani armies exchange sweets on
LoC
Saturday January 26, 2013 06:01:17 PM,
IANS
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Jammu:
Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged sweets Saturday on the
occasion of India's 64th Republic Day Saturday, only weeks after
they clashed on the Jammu and Kashmir border.
The exchange of sweets took place at Chakan-da-Bag along the Line of
Control (LoC) as a goodwill gesture, continuing a tradition that
mark such occasions, officials here said.
At Suchetgarh on the international border, about 40 km west of
Jammu, the Border Security Force and Pakistan Rangers also exchanged
sweets.
India-Pakistan relations took a hit after New Delhi accused
Pakistani troops of brutally killing two Indian soldiers along the
LoC Dec 8 and beheading one of them.
Pakistan accused Indian troops of killing two Pakistani soldiers on
two separate days.
In retaliation to the beheading and the mutilation of the other
soldier, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared that there
can be no business as usual with Pakistan.
The Indian and Pakistani armies have been greeting each other on the
LoC, which divides Jammu and Kashmir between the two countries, ever
since a ceasefire came into effect in 2003.
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