ISLAMABAD, April 13: After the inconclusive round of talks on the Siachen glacier issue here last week, Pakistan and India will take up the long-running Sir Creek boundary dispute on May 17-18, it is learnt. “It will be a combined meeting of surveyors-general and hydrographers of the two countries on the Sir Creek issue,” diplomatic sources told Dawn on Friday.

The meeting will be hosted by Pakistan at the Ministry of Defence in Rawalpindi.

India had initially proposed a separate meeting of hydrographers but on Pakistan’s suggestion it agreed to hold a joint session with the surveyors-generals, sources said.

Last month Pakistan and India completed the joint survey of Sir Creek and its adjoining areas and agreed on a common map of the disputed boundary region. The signed maps were exchanged on March 22 by the hydrographers of the two countries at the Wagah Border.

At the meeting next month the two sides would discuss the map and present their respective positions on the maritime and land boundary lines.