ISLAMABAD, May 21: Pakistan and India concluded on Saturday discussions on the Sir Creek dispute — once believed to be the ‘easily doable’ issue — without much progress except for exchange of non-papers and a commitment to continue talking.

“Both sides exchanged non-papers in order to take their discussions forward, with a view to finding an amicable settlement of the issue,” a statement issued by the Foreign Office at the end of the talks held at the defence ministry said.

The talks were held under the renewed bilateral process called ‘full spectrum dialogue’.

At the two-day talks, the two sides discussed the Pakistan-India land boundary in the Sir Creek area and the delimitation of International Maritime Boundary between the two countries.

When both sides last met on this issue in 2007, diplomatic sources said, they were close to an agreement and the matter was subsequently referred by them as ‘easily doable’.

The two sided had then exchanged maps of the 60 miles strip of water in the Rann of Kutch marshlands marked with their respective positions. They had also jointly conducted a survey of Sir Creek in 2007.

But, when they met after a break of four years, much of the sense of agreement had vanished and the two parties looked to be back to square one.