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Wikileaks: UPA wanted to make siachen a demilitarized zone


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https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08NEWDELHI2401_a.html

 

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Raghavan reported that there has been good progress on the Sir Creek dispute, but that now "the mood in Pakistan is too self-absorbed to work on it." On Siachen, he reported that the Indian Army has drawn a line with its political leadership. It has told the GOI that withdrawal was tantamount to ceding the area to Pakistan due to the difficulty of retaking it should Pakistan occupy it. Instead, the GOI is attempting to "soften" the issue by proposing joint military projects such as environmental clean up or trekking. There has been no Pakistani response to these suggestions, he noted

 

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