June 28, 2008	Saturday	Jamadi-us-Sani 23, 1429

New Delhi, June 27: Here is the agreed outcome of the meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan:

• The 5th Round of the Composite Dialogue would be launched on 21-22 July with discussions on (i) peace and security including CBMs, and, (ii) Jammu and Kashmir.

• The Technical Working Group on cross-LoC Confidence Building Measures will meet in Islamabad on July 10 to concretise decisions regarding bus services, trade and truck services across the LoC announced in May.

• The Technical Working Groups of the India-Pakistan Joint Economic Commission complete their meetings such that the Joint Commission could meet by the end of the year.

• The respective deputy chairs of the Indian and Pakistan Planning Commission had felt that an institutional mechanism for regular dialogue and exchange of views between them would be useful.

• The ministers noted the detailed discussions which took place on issues such as wind and thermal power and power supply arrangements and issues.

The mutually beneficial cooperation in Rapid Mass Transport Systems was also noted.

• After completing their visit to jails in Pakistan, the India-Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners will now visit jails in India in the month of July to make further recommendations with regard to issues concerning prisoners and fishermen in custody.

It was agreed that the work of the Judicial Committee has proved to be an effective way to proceed with the issues.

• The ministers noted that the Railway authorities had agreed to increase interchange of rakes to five daily from current levels of two daily.

The proposal of opening the Kokhrapar-Munabao route in freight was also discussed and will be examined.

• They decided that henceforth the meetings of the Anti-Terrorism Mechanism would be held regularly.