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New Delhi
The Indian Army's position on troop pullout from the Siachen glacier has already been communicated to the government, Army chief General J.J. Singh said Thursday, a day before India and Pakistan hold defence secretary-level talks about the world's highest battleground.

"The outcome will be known in a few days," said General Singh, while inaugurating the reunion of the Maratha Light Infantry.

A nine-member Indian delegation led by Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt will hold two-day talks with his Pakistan counterpart Kamran Rasool over demilitarisation of the Siachen glacier and demarcation of the Sir Creek marshland beginning in Rawalpindi Friday.

At 6,300 meters (20,700 feet) India controls these heights at an estimated cost of up to $1 million a day and is reluctant to pull back its troops unless Pakistan shows willingness to concede to its demand for authentication of ground position of troops on the glacier.

To another question on the reducing the level of forces in Jammu and Kashmir, General Singh said these matters were constantly under review depending on violence levels and infiltration.

He also pointed out that the army would soon be receiving 14 main battle tanks (MBTs), which will be put through a training exercise.

The minor problems of these tanks have been passed on to the Defence Research and Development Organisation and would be rectified soon, he said.  

IANS | April 5, 2007

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