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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44061)	4/18/2003 11:24:43 AM
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Problems can be resolved through dialogue: Vajpayee (Updated at 1510 PST) SRINAGAR: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday said problems could not be resolved through the barrel of the gun but only through dialogue. Addressing a public rally, he said a gun could be used to kill a person but cannot remove his hunger. He said that it was "good" that the war in Iraq had come to an end. Vajpayee said that he had undertaken a bus journey to Lahore in a bid to resolve problems with Pakistan through dialogue but India's hand of friendship led to the Kargil and added that he would like to say who was responsible for the Kargil conflict. Vajpayee said India did not lose heart and invited the Pakistani military ruler to Agra for talks as we want friendship with the neighbour but no success had been achieved. Vajpayee said he had invited General Pervez Musharraf to Agra as he felt that sitting by the side of Taj Mahal, the monument of love, would help promote the cause of friendship but this was not to be. Addressing the gathering immediately after Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed spoke about the necessity of healing-touch policy, Vajpayee said though the path of peace and brotherhood may be time consuming, the people would have to bear it. "The doors of Delhi are always open and people (from Jammu and Kashmir) are free to knock at them with their problems. We will never close them. The doors of our heart will always remain open," he said. The talks should be based on considerations of "justice and humanity", the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister emphasised that his government wanted to "reduce the distance" between the Centre and the state and that was why the highway project had been launched. Vajpayee said he was heading a 25-party coalition government but "there is no dispute, no infighting and no squabble for power.