NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan agreed yesterday to restore airline overflight and landing rights by Jan 1, two years after the South Asian nuclear rivals ended all transportation links amid tensions that took them to the brink of war.
The agreement – reached during talks between aviation and defence ministry officials meeting here – was announced in a joint statement that said, “The two sides agreed to resume simultaneous air links and overflights with effect from Jan 1, 2004 on a reciprocal basis.”
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