Shashikant Sharama, Indian defense secretary, will lead the Indian delegation in two-day talks scheduled for June 11 to 12, a defence official told Xinhua.

The Pakistani side will be headed by Defence Secretary Ms. Nargis Saithi in talks at the Defence Ministry in the garrison city of Rawalpindi near Islamabad.

The Sichen Glacier dispute was once again highlighted after a massive avalanche struck a Pakistan camp in early April, killing nearly 140 people.

There had been calls in Pakistan and India to find out solution to the longstanding dispute where harsh weather kill more soldiers than fighting.

Both countries have held series of talks on the issue but have failed to reach any agreement.

The two countries last held a meeting on the issue in the Indian capital of New Delhi in mid-2011 without making any progress.

Siachen, the world's highest militarized zone, has been an outstanding issue between India and Pakistan as the border is not clearly demarcated in the glaciated region.

Pakistan says that India occupied some of its territory in Siachen in the mid-1980s.

Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani who visited Siachen in the wake of the avalanche, called for a negotiated end to the confrontation and said the glacier should be demilitarized.

"This conflict should be resolved, but how it is resolved, the two countries have to talk about it," he had told reporters at Siachen.

Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman Moazzam Ahmad Khan said last week that Pakistan has made several proposals including redeployment of forces.

Indian Defence Minister A K Antony said recently that it would insist on proper authentication by Pakistan of the troop positions in Siachen before any disengagement is undertaken and cautioned against expecting any "dramatic" result from the next round of talks in June.

He told the parliament that India had neither hardened nor softened the position on authentication.

India and Pakistan have deadlocked over differences on the location of the 110-kilometer-long Actual Ground Position Line ( AGPL) which passes through the Soltoro Ridge and Siachen Glacier.

India wants Pakistan to authenticate the AGPL, both on the maps and on the ground, as it occupies most of the dominating posts on the Saltoro Ridge.

Pakistan, in turn, has been insisting on maintaining the pre- 1972 troop positions as agreed in the Simla Agreement.

India launched Operation Meghdoot and deployed its troops in most of the dominating features in Siachen in retaliation for Pakistan Army's advance in the glacier in 1984.

The defence secretary-level talks between the two countries on Siachen dated back to 1985 after then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistani President General Zia-ul-Haq made the decision.