U.S., India discuss hi-tech border monitoring

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NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is considering the use of American technology to help India and Pakistan monitor their common border, according to sources travelling with Rumsfeld as he concluded a round of talks with India's top officials.

Indian diplomatic sources told CNN that the American and Indian delegations "have reached an agreement in principle for sharing and evaluating intelligence inputs in a more organized way" across the Line of Control, which separates the sections of Kashmir controlled by India and Pakistan.

Sources said there had been information sharing in the past, but it had not been completely organized.

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The talks, which included India's national security adviser, focused on monitoring the situation along the Line of Control and on using ground-based sensors developed by the United States to monitor and respond to infiltration across the line.

Much of a recent run-up in tension between the two nuclear powers has centered on on the disputed Himalayan territory.

The United States did not offer specific proposals, but the discussions broached the idea of a meeting among U.S., British, Indian and Pakistani officials on monitoring strategies.

Any border monitoring system involving U.S.-made technology would be run by India and Pakistan, U.S. officials said.

Indian officials told Rumsfeld that they plan to send a high commissioner back to Pakistan, but that they had not made a decision on when that would happen.

-- CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr contributed to this report