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NEW DELHI, Jan 5 (AFP): India and Pakistan began talks Thursday to finalise a second rail link connecting the two countries as part of confidence building measures for an ongoing peace process, an Indian foreign ministry official said.
Railway officials from the two countries were to discuss visas, fares and passenger security for the train link between Munnabao in India's western state of Rajasthan and Khokhrapar in Pakistan's Sindh province, the official said.
Ahead of the talks, Pakistani officials said they were hopeful for a final agreement to begin the rail services.
"We hope to finalise the agreement. We have come with an open mind. This is another confidence building measure and we will be discussing the draft proposal for the movement of passengers," Saleem-ur-Rehman Akhoond, general manager of operations at Pakistan Railways, was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India.
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