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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (42068)	1/6/2002 1:18:47 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was quoted as saying on Sunday peace talks with Pakistan had come to a temporary halt and would be resumed in the future. "We are neighbours and we've had talks in the past,"Yubaraj Ghimire, editor of Nepal's largest selling daily, "Kantipur', quoted Vajpayee as telling a meeting of Nepali editors. "The talks have stopped now. But they will take place in the future," Ghimire quoted the prime minister as saying. President calls for immediate steps to end bitterness between Pakistan, India. President General Pervez Musharraf Sunday underlined the need for immediate and long-term steps to end bitterness between India and Pakistan. Addressing the news conference after conclusion of the 11th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), he said contacts with Indian leadership has yielded good results. Though tension between Pakistan and India has not ended, but there has been no increase in tension as a result of these contacts. However, he said we should hope that there would be de-escalation in the future. Vajpayee says contacts with Musharraf just courtesies. Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said Sunday he exchanged "courtesies" with President Pervez Musharraf, but they did not hold talks.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (42068)	1/12/2002 6:07:13 PM
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Powell: Musharraf Speech 'Bold' Saturday January 12 3:56 PM ET By LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Pakistan's pledge to crack down on Islamic extremists suspected in an attack on India's parliament creates the basis for peaceful resolution of tensions between the two South Asian nations, Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said Saturday. Powell issued a statement that said Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, in his speech Saturday to his nation's people, took ``a bold and principled stand to set Pakistan squarely against terrorism and extremism'' both inside and outside the country. Powell, who is set to visit the region next week, singled out Musharraf's decision to ban two extremist groups operating inside Kashmir (news - web sites) - Jaish-e-Muhammed and Lashkar-e-Tayyaba. India has blamed the groups for the Dec. 13 attack on the Indian parliament in new Delhi. Musharraf's offer to work with Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee to solve their differences through dialogue is encouraging, Powell said and added: ``This speech reconfirms Pakistan's role as a front-line state in the war against global terrorism.'' ``In light of the speech and the strong actions that President Musharraf has taken so far and the new actions to which he has committed his country, the United States believes the basis exists for the resolution of tensions between India and Pakistan through diplomatic and peaceful means,'' Powell said.