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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

India, Pakistan Launch Joint Survey on Maritime Boundaries

Pakistan and Indian officials on Monday launched a joint survey to determine their marshlands' boundary, reports said. The Sir Creek is a 96-km (60 mile) strip of water disputed between India and Pakistan in the Rann of Kutch marshlands.

The creek, which opens up into the Arabian Sea, divides the Kutch region of the Indian state of Gujarat with the Sindh province of Pakistan. Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukerjee confirmed on Saturday officials concerned have been directed to expedite their work.

The two countries have held several rounds of talks over the issue, which has been one of the eight major issues of their composite dialogue process. Much of the land is either marsh or desert that neither side sees as being militarily important. It is also sparsely populated.

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