KATHMANDU, June 13 Kyodo Retired ...

KATHMANDU, June 13 Kyodo

Retired military officials, diplomats, former ministers, strategists and media commonalty from India and Pakistan began discussions Friday forward the prospects of peace between the pair archrivals in South Asia.

More than 20 the bulk of mankind from the two sides are attending the two-day meeting sponsored by the agency of a German nongovernmental organization (NGO) and entitled the Seminar forward India-Pakistan Confrontation 2002 and events to come Prospects.

The gathering is rely uponed to make recommendations for a ''road map for peace'' between the sum of two units countries.

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has made a renewed give for peace talks with Pakistan, which has answered positively to his initiative to repair bilateral relations.

The discourse will look into the long-standing territorial dispute above Kashmir and an armed attack forward the Indian parliament in December 2001 allegedly at Pakistan-based terrorist groups, that significantly soured bilateral ties, organizers said.

The summary of the meeting's recommendations will be given to foreign ministers of the brace countries, they said.

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