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India and Pakistan on Saturday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation in the field of culture. The Foreign Secretaries of the two countries – Ranjan Mathai and Jalil Abbas Jilani -- inked the MoU. The Pakistan National Council of the Arts and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations will be the nodal points for promoting this bilateral cooperation in culture, a joint statement said after delegation-level talks between the two sides. Both sides also welcomed the signing of the new Visa Agreement which liberalises bilateral visa regime and introduces a number of measures aimed at easing travel of business persons, tourists, pilgrims, elderly and children, thereby facilitating contacts between peoples of the two countries, who should remain at the heart of the relationship between Pakistan and India.

India, Pak sign MoU on culture