Defence secretaries of India and Pakistan held two days of closed-door talks in New Delhi on how to reach an agreement on withdrawing troops from the mountainous no-man's land above the Siachen glacier in the Himalayan region and defining the official border. Defence ministry officials in the Indian capital declined to comment, saying the details involved sensitive military information. A joint statement on Tuesday said India and Pakistan welcomed the dialogue but made no mention of any progress. Instead the two countries announced they would meet again in Islamabad, which would be the 13th round of talks on the issue, Reuters reported. "Both sides presented their position and suggestions towards the resolution of Siachen," the two sides said in a statement. The talks in Delhi were the first meeting of the top civil servants in the respective defence ministries in more than three years.
