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PR. No.70/2007

Date: 07/03/2007

PAKISTAN-INDIA ANTI-TERRORISM MECHANISM MEETING

Joint Statement

In pursuance of the decision taken during meeting between the President of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of India in Havana , Cuba on 16 September, 2006 , the first meeting of the Anti-Terrorism Mechanism was held in Islamabad on 6 th March, 2007 . The Pakistan delegation was led by Mr. Tariq Osman Hyder, Additional Secretary (UN&EC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Indian delegation was headed by Mr. K.C. Singh, Additional Secretary (IO), Ministry of External Affairs of India.

2. The two sides discussed the parameters of the Anti-Terrorism Mechanism and agreed that specific information will be exchanged through the Mechanism for:

i) Helping investigations on either side related to terrorist acts and

ii) Prevention of violence and terrorist acts in the two countries.

3. It was also agreed that while the Anti-Terrorism Mechanism would meet on a quarterly basis, any information which is required to be conveyed on priority basis would be immediately conveyed through the respective Heads of the Mechanism.

Islamabad

07 March 2007