week: 8-14 December
India and Pakistan agreed to hold a comprehensive bilateral dialogue on outstanding issues, including terrorism and Kashmir, a breakthrough that followed several high-level contacts after a prolonged period of ups and downs in ties.
The comprehensive dialogue will have the eight issues that were part of the earlier composite dialogue and some additional components.
The comprehensive dialogue retains all the issues that were part of the composite dialogue, including peace and security, confidence-building measures, Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, Wullar barrage/Tulbul navigation project, economic and commercial cooperation, counter-terrorism, narcotics control and people to people exchanges.
Two new components are humanitarian issues and religious tourism.