current affairs MCQ #10402

Pakistan and India both claim the Siachen Glacier region. In 2022, both countries' militaries suffered casualties from avalanches and harsh weather rather than combat. A confidence-building measure specialist should recognize that Siachen demilitarization discussions have historically stalled on which specific technical issue?

current affairs MCQ #10402

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Pakistan and India both claim the Siachen Glacier region. In 2022, both countries' militaries suffered casualties from avalanches and harsh weather rather than combat. A confidence-building measure specialist should recognize that Siachen demilitarization discussions have historically stalled on which specific technical issue?

    • A) India's insistence that Pakistan recognize the Line of Control extension through the glacier as the international boundary before any demilitarization
    • B) Pakistan's demand that India pay for the cost of demilitarization as the occupying party that militarized the glacier first
    • C) UN Security Council requirements for a third-party verification force that neither country is willing to accept on its soil
    • D) China's veto threat against any Siachen agreement that does not simultaneously resolve the Aksai Chin dispute

    Answer: Pakistan's demand that India pay for the cost of demilitarization as the occupying party that militarized the glacier first

    Explanation: Siachen demilitarization discussions have historically stalled because India demands authentication of the Actual Ground Position Line — formal documentation of current troop positions — before any withdrawal, which Pakistan has resisted as it would be seen as legitimizing Indian occupation of positions seized in 1984.