New Delhi: India has initiated talks with Pakistan seeking resumption of onion exports through the land route via the Wagah border.
“We have initiated talks and we are hopeful that we will find solution to this...,” External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told reporters here on Friday.
The Ministry has also requested Pakistan government to allow export of onions in bulk through rail and sea routes, sources said.
Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar on Thursday said that a contract has been entered into for Pakistani onion supply at Mundra port at Gujarat. However, if the supplies have to be diverted from Wagah border for arrival through ship routes, it would take at least few more days to reach India.
Pakistan imposed a ban on export of onions through the land route on Thursday after 300 truckloads of onion reached the Wagah border near Amritsar. — PTI
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