New Delhi, Jan 18: The issue of Jammu and Kashmir will be taken up when Foreign Secretaries of both India and Pakistan meet for the final day of the third round of the Composite Dialogue Process (CDP) here today.

Yesterday, India proposed to Pakistan two new Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs), including holding of Brigade Commander-level flag meetings and not developing new defence installations along the Line of Control (LOC), and conveyed its intention to extend the Munabao-Khokrapar rail link to Ajmer Sharief.

The two-day talks between Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammed Khan reviewed the second round of the CDP and focussed on the issues of peace and security, building of mutual trust and confidence and reduction of ‘’trustdeficit.'’

Briefing reporters on the outcome of the first day’s deliberations, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said the two sides had made ‘’very posiive assessments'’ of the developments and the ‘’milestones'’ that had been achieved in the second round of the CDP.