NEW DELHI: The Directors General Military Operations of Pakistan and India held talks over the telephone covering all relevant issues including the ongoing ceasefire violations along the LoC and working boundary and agreed to hold flag meetings to defuse the situation.

According to reports, the talks were held for about 10 minutes during which all relevant issues were raised, Indian army official said. During the talks, the Indian side is understood to have raised the issue of frequent ceasefire violations and lodged protest over the issue, sources said.

“The two sides have agreed to hold flag meetings at field levels by both the army and the Border Security Force to defuse the situation,” the army official said. The DGMOs, Lt Gen PR Kumar from India and Major General Amir Riaz from Pakistan discussed the border situation during their talk on hotline which takes place every Tuesday.—INP