Kartarpur Corridor: US State Department of SCA welcomes the signing

Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs on Friday expressed ir views on signing of Kartarpur corridor agreement between India and Pakistan. Taking to microblogging site Twitter y said that opening of this corridor is good news and will help build new ties between India and Pakistan.

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India and Pakistan on Thursday signed a landmark agreement to operationalise historic Kartarpur Corridor to allow Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit holy Darbar Sahib in Pakistan. Indian delegation was represented by officials of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Defence (MOD), Ministry of External Affairs of India (MEA) and Punjab Government. corridor will be opened by Pakistan on vember 9. Both countries have also decided that corridor will be operational throughout year and seven days a week and that pilgrims will have a choice to visit it as individuals or in groups.

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PM Modi to inaugurate Kartarpur Corridor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate much-awaited Kartarpur Corridor to Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan on vember 8, Union Minister Harsimrat Bal confirmed. Prime Minister will also inaugurate integrated check post on Indian side, she said. Taking to Twitter, Union Minister anunced that PM Modi will be creating history by inaugurating Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. 

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About Kartarpur Sahib

Kartarpur Sahib is located in Pakistan's Narowal district across Ravi River, about four kilometers from Dera Baba Nanak shrine. In a major initiative last vember, both India, and Pakistan h agreed to set up Kartarpur Corridor. corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and facilitate visa-free movement of Indian pilgrims, who will have to just obtain a permit to visit holy Gurudwara. Kartarpur Sahib was established in 1522 by Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev.

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