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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45450)	1/4/2004 8:32:18 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee Sunday called for mutual trust and confidence in South Asia for long-term economic cooperation, in a speech that won warm praise from his Pakistani counterpart Mir Zafarullah Jamali. We have to change South Asia's image and standing in the world, Vajpayee said during the opening session of the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), a grouping of seven nations. We must take the bold transition from mistrust to trust, from discord to concord, and from tension to peace. Any joint endeavour needs mutual trust and confidence, he said. Vajpayee said despite centuries of conflicts and wars, a string of regional economic groupings have been formed in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean region -- showing a way for SAARC. All these examples remind us that rational economics should triumph over political prejudice in South Asia, the Indian prime minister said. He added that the common bonds of religion, language, ethnicity and culture of the region were far more enduring that the relatively recent barriers of political prejudice that we have erected. We should renew these bonds and jointly overcome poverty, disease and hunger. The Indian leader was hailed by Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali at the conclusion of his speech. We have great respect for his excellency Atal Behari Vajpayee, he personifies many qualities. He is a visionary, a poet, a prolific writer and an able politician, which are the qualities of a true leader, Jamali said.