The mechanism was set up after a Havana meeting between PM Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf in September last year. The Indian delegation was led by Additional Secretary in the ministry of external affairs K C Singh while the Pakistani team was headed by Tariq Osman Hyder, additional secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs.
The two sides will meet every quarter but information that needs to be conveyed in the interim can be routed through the respective heads of the two sides.