India And Pakistan Discussed Methods For Solving Sir Creek Issue

A meeting of the India and Pakistan former diplomats, peace activists, army and navy officers concluded on 3 December 2012 with an agenda that Sir Creek dispute will be resolved. Apart from this, Siachen and Kashmir are other territorial troubles that sit amidst the India-Pakistan relationship.

The strategic seminar called Aman Ki Asha concluded with the fact that even after a lot of deadlock after the bilateral meetings, the issue of Sir Creek was not difficult to handle.

There were certain proposals on which both India as well as Pakistan agreed and this included de-linking maritime boundaries from land. Also, it was agreed that there would be marking from seaward to the point where both these sides agree. Additionally, it was agreed that the non-defined area (Sir Creek and the approaches) would be declared as free zone or the maritime sensitive zone. Or, it was agreed upon that such an area be turned into the a jointly administered maritime park.

The experts in the meanwhile also highlighted that in case the shore points are accepted by both the sides mutually, the boundary line marked using angular bisection would only undergo a few changes when final baseline would be established.
 
What is Sir Creek?

Sir Creek is the 96 km narrow piece of water that is a subject of dispute between India and Pakistan. Sir Creek sits in the Rann of Kutch marshlands. Creek opens into the Arabian Sea and divides the region of Kutch of India’s Gujarat with Sindh of Pakistan.

The major dispute over Sir Creek is about understanding of the maritime boundary between the Kutch and the Sindh. Before India’s independence, the region remained a part of the British India. After the partition of 1947, Sindh enterred Pakistan and Kutch remained with India.