To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5166 ) 7/18/1999 11:45:00 AM From: Mohan Marette Respond to
'..aggression by night and dialogue by day..' Forget'bout it.''Inherent in the inviolability aspect of the LOC is certainly an abjuring of promotion of cross-border terrorism...thereafter the process of dialogue and its mechanisms and choreography, all those can be attended to,'' Singh told Reuters. ''This kind of evidence, this kind of aggression by night and dialogue by day, how do I sustain this, unless Pakistan gives up the path of confrontation and recognises that promotion of terrorism across the border in India is not an affirmation of the inviolability of the LOC.'' Clinton pledged to take a ''personal interest'' in resumption of a peace dialogue. ''I can disabuse you of any such illusions. There was no quid pro quo between India and Pakistan, there is no quid pro quo between India and the United States. We made clear our position from the beginning in explicit and unambiguous terms.'' He said New Delhi would never tolerate any mediation, a notion even Washington has been careful to sidestep. ''So far as India-Pakistan relations go, there is no place for mediation, even for intermediates. The reason is very simple -- primarily because we speak the same language, we understand each other. We do not need interpreters,'' Singh said. ''I think it's a very old lesson, nothing terribly original. But the best insurer of peace is constant vigilance and total preparedness.''"I don't envy Pakistan's position, because it did clearly run into a blind alley. It was a gross misadventure. I do not see what Pakistan has gained from this. ''It certainly lost a great deal of goodwill. If I were a Pakistani, I would have to begin to move towards learning to live with my own history and the reality of my geography.'' biz.yahoo.com
