At a meeting held between the President of the Court and the representatives
of the Parties on 10 November 1999, pursuant to Article 31 of the Rules
of Court, the Parties provisionally agreed to request the Court to determine
separately the question of its jurisdiction in this case before any proceedings on
the merits, on the understanding that Pakistan would first present a Memorial
dealing exclusively with this question, to which India would have the opportunity
of replying in a Counter-Memorial confined to the same question. By
letters of 12 November 1999 and 25 November 1999 respectively, the Agent
of Pakistan and the Deputy Agent of lndia confirmed the agreement to the
procedure given ad rqferendurn on 10 November 1999.