Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Idea Of The Day -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45453)	1/4/2004 1:03:22 PM
From: kumar	Respond to of 50167

COOL! I think I will be in India or Australia at that time - look forward to watching it on TV! (No cricket on US TV unfortunately)

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45453)	1/4/2004 9:46:40 PM
From: Michael Hart	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

THE prime ministers of India and Pakistan yesterday held their first direct talks since they nearly went to war two years ago, raising hopes of a permanent thaw in the frosty relationship between the two countries. Atal Behari Vajpayee, the prime minister of India, met his Pakistani counterpart, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, for about 30 minutes on the sidelines of a summit of regional leaders. In a further sign of progress, officials said Mr Vajpayee would meet the Pakistan president, Pervez Musharraf, the country’s real power, today. Mr Vajpayee used the opening ceremony of a summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation to call for a "bold transition" to peace after a half-century of conflict and mistrust. "We must make the bold transition from mistrust to trust, from discord to concord and from tension to peace," he said. Mr Musharraf echoed his comments at a dinner of heads of state. "We must put behind us the tarnished legacy of mistrust, bitterness and tension," he said. "We owe this to our people. Let us make a solemn pledge not to disappoint them. "We have to build courage and show determination to seize the moment and avail ourselves of this historic opportunity," Mr Musharraf said, talking of the region as a whole but clearly focusing on India-Pakistan relations. Earlier in the day, Mr Vajpayee, paying his first visit to Pakistan in almost five years, shook hands and smiled with Mr Jamali in front of tele- vision cameras and photographers before going into their meeting. "Let me tell you Mr Vajpayee is holding my hand very, very firmly," Mr Jamali said with a smile before adding that he had great respect for the Indian leader. Two years ago India and Pakistan went to the brink of war over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. But in April, Mr Vajpayee launched a "final bid" for peace in his lifetime. Since then, full diplomatic relations have been resumed, a popular bus route across the border was reinstated and on Thursday the first Pakistani airliner in two years landed in New Delhi.