ISLAMABAD: The Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan has invited his Indian counterpart for a meeting on Dec 24 to strengthen mechanisms to ensure ceasefire on the Line of Control in Kashmir.

This was announced in a statement issued by a Foreign Office spokesperson.

The prime ministers of the two countries had agreed in their meeting held in New York in September that talks between the DGMOs should be held.

The LoC is quite after months of intense skirmishes and the DGMOs have been speaking over the hotline, but were yet to meet.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet Committee on National Security — in its first meeting on Tuesday — directed the ministries of foreign affairs and defence to take steps that could contribute to making the neighbourhood peaceful.