India and Pakistan army officials on Friday held a flag meeting along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir in an effort to de-escalate border tension after recent border ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops.
The Brigade Commander-level flag meeting took place in the Chakkan-Da-Bagh crossing point area of Poonch.
Sources said during the meeting, Indian delegation lodged a strong protest over the recent unprovoked cross-border firing incidents, infiltration attempts by terrorists and smuggling of narcotics and weapons.
The meeting took place in a congenial atmosphere and both sides agreed to honour the ceasefire agreement in the larger interest of peace on the border, they said.
They said both sides agreed to honour the border ceasefire pact renewed on February 25, 2021 for calm and peaceful borders.
However, no official statement was issued by the Indian Army on the 75-minute-long meeting that started at around 11 am.
There have been many incidents of border ceasefire pact recently.
Two Army men including a captain, were killed and another was injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack carried out by suspected terrorists in the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu region on February 11.
Two Army personnel were injured in separate incidents of small-arms firing from across the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts on February 10 and February 14 while two more Army personnel were injured in separate land-mine explosions in Poonch over the last week.
The extent of damage on the Pakistani side in the retaliatory action was not known immediately but officials had said Pakistani forces also suffered heavy casualties.
On the intervening night of February 4 and 5, a major infiltration bid was foiled when a group of suspected terrorists believed to be killed in a landmine explosion on the Line of Control in the Battal area of Krishna Ghati Sector in Mendhar area of Poonch district.