Pakistan and India agree to start historic cross-Kashmir bus service

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Islamabad, Feb 16, SPA -- Pakistan and India agreed tostart a historic bus service between the capitals ofdivided Kashmir, the first direct land-link between the twosides of the Himalayan province that has been at the heartof decades of disagreement and bloodshed. The agreement was announced during a visit by IndianForeign Minister Natwar Singh to the Pakistani capital. Thebus service, between Muzzafarabad on the Pakistani side andSrinigar on the Indian side, will start April 7, saidPakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri. «We have agreed between us on mutually acceptableprocedures for establishing a bus service between Srinagarand Muzzafarabad,» Singh said. Singh's visit is the first bilateral trip by an Indianforeign minister to Pakistan since 1989 and is part of adialogue begun early last year to bury decades of hatredbetween the South Asian nuclear-armed rivals. --SPA1405 Local Time 1105 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/239954

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