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India, Pak DGMOs continue Tuesday calls

Josy Joseph in New Delhi

Director Generals of Military Operations of India and Pakistan continue to talk to each other over their hotline, but there are no immediate plans for a meeting between the two, senior army officers and sources in the Ministry of External Affairs said.

According to army sources, the DGMOs talk 'as and when it is required', and they haven't missed any Tuesday phone calls since the Kaluchak massacre on May 14.

Traditionally, the DGMOs talk every Tuesday.

"The regular Tuesday calls have been continuing but they are primarily meant for immediate needs and there are no discussions of the direction in which Indo-Pak tension is progressing," a senior army officer said.

The phone calls are about the acts of each other's armies along the border and the recent shooting down of an Indian unmanned aerial vehicle and the border-firing also figured in the recent discussions over hotline, army sources said.

However, sources denied that India has given into 'persuasions' by the United States and the United Kingdom for a 'professional dialogue' at DGMO level for chalking out a plan for military de-escalation.

"We were suggested (by international community) such a step, but there is no immediate proposal for one like that," MEA sources said.

The hotline between the DGMOs is part of few surviving confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan that have stood the test of time. The line was active even at the height of Kargil war, and it played a crucial role in ending the conflict.

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