New Delhi, India (AHN) – India and Pakistan’s defense secretaries met in New Delhi on Monday to resume high level peace negotiations over the disputed Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir.

Pradeep Kumar of India and retired Lt. Gen. Syed Athar Ali of Pakistan will discuss behind closed doors the proposal of New Delhi for Islamabad to authenticate the Indian troop position in the 20,299-foot-high glacier, considered the highest battlefield after soldiers from the two countries first clashed there in 1984.

However, Pakistan is wary of the proposal as agreeing to it suggests acceptance of India’s claims to Siachen.

The Indian Army occupies most of Siachen and their position was established in 1987.

The two countries have agreed to a ceasefire in the Himalayan glacier in 2003. Peace talks were suspended in 2008, when suspected Pakistani terrorists attacked Mumbai.

The prime ministers of the two countries met in Thimpu in April 2010 and agreed to resume dialogues over the Siachen region. The two-day talks will be the 12th in a series.

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