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India and Pakistan have agreed to allow trucks to transport cargo across the Attari-Wagah border from October 1, 2007. The move is seen as an attempt to further boost trade between the two neighbours and improve relations soured by a six-decade-old conflict.
“Trucks from one side will be allowed to go to designated points on the other side” of the Attari-Wagah border crossing starting October 1, said a joint statement released recently by Pakistan's foreign ministry in the Pakistani capital Islamabad.
The agreement, which came after a meeting between officials of the two countries on August 20, 2007, will help improve the transport of goods, which are now brought to the border and carried across by porters to trucks waiting on the other side.
During the meeting, the Indian side also made a presentation on the development of the integrated check-post planned for the Attari-Wagah border on the Indian side.
It was also decided to constitute a Customs Border Liaison Committee at the Attari-Wagah border that would meet once every two months to resolve operational issues at the field level.
August 22, 2007
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