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 US welcomes efforts by India, Pakistan to increase people-to-people contact

Indian artist Gurmeet Singh poses with a paper model of the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan — the focus of the Kartarpur corridor between India and Pakistan — in Amritsar. (Photo: NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images)

By: Keerthi Mohan

The United States of America on Friday (30) appreciated India and Pakistan’s efforts to increase people-to-people contact, just days after the two countries laid foundation stones for the Kartarpur corridor. The corridor links two gurdwaras on both sides of the border. It will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur in India. The Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur is the final resting place of Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev. “I’m aware of reports on this Kartarpur corridor,” state department deputy spokesperson Robert Palladino told reporters. “I understand that it’s kind of a visa-free…

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