Islamabad, November 13, 2006 (PTI)

Pakistan on Monday did not set much in store by the Indian army's reservations over demilitarisation of Siachen glacier, saying it was waiting to hear New Delhi's ideas on the issue.

"We are not going to respond. Such statements may have been made in the domestic context," Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said when asked about Indian army official's reservation over troops pullout from the glacier before reaching an agreement on delineation of the present Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL).

Brigadier Om Prakash, the commander of the unit responsible for guarding Siachen, said last week that "We hold 12 tactically important peaks on the glacier. Besides we have the advantage in Nubra and Shyok valleys. If we vacate the glacier, it will weaken our position," Aslam, who is due in New Delhi for the foreign secretary-level talks tomorrow, said Pakistan would prefer to hear the stand of the Indian leadership.

"We will be interested in what they are going to discuss with us. We do not want to see what the individual institutions are saying. We have to see the ideas of the Indian government and what direction they would like go," she said.

Siachen along with Kashmir, Sir Creek and other contentious issues would figure in the talks between Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and his Pakistan counterpart Riaz Muhammad Khan in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Both sides have discussed Siachen issue at the Defence Secretary-level during the three rounds of Composite Dialogue process since 2004.

The issue was also discussed between President Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee.

An agreement on troop pullout has eluded due to difference on authentication of positions held by Indian troops on Siachen which they took over in 1984 operation.

Pakistan, while refusing to authenticate the positions, wants pullout of the troops to pre-1984 positions.