Kartarpur Corridor: US State Department of SCA welcomes the signing

The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs on Friday expressed their views on the signing of the Kartarpur corridor agreement between India and Pakistan. Taking to the microblogging site Twitter they said that the 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 the historic Kartarpur Corridor to allow Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit the holy Darbar Sahib in Pakistan. The Indian delegation was represented by the officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of Defence (MOD), Ministry of External Affairs of India (MEA) and Punjab Government. The corridor will be opened by Pakistan on November 9. Both the countries have also decided that the corridor will be operational throughout the 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 the much-awaited Kartarpur Corridor to Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan on November 8, Union Minister Harsimrat Badal confirmed. The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the integrated check post on the Indian side, she said. Taking to Twitter, the Union Minister announced that PM Modi will be creating history by inaugurating the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor. 

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About Kartarpur Sahib

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

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