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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (46272)	5/23/2004 1:42:44 PM
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Musharraf, Singh pledge to continue India, Pakistan peace process President Pervez Musharraf and India's new Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a telephone conversation on Sunday vowed to improve ties and continue the peace process, the foreign office said. Musharraf called Singh to greet him on his election as prime minister of India, foreign office spokesman Masood Khan said. This was the first direct contact between the leaders since a change of government in India. "Both the leaders expressed the desire for continuation of dialogue to resolve all issues, including Jammu and Kashmir." They expressed their "strong desire for peace and harmony in the region as well as development of economic and commercial ties between Pakistan and India," Khan said. During the telephone conversation which lasted for twenty minutes the President also conveyed greetings to Sonia Gandhi, leader of the Congress Party, he said. In New Delhi, Indian official sources confirmed Musharraf called Singh to greet him on his election as prime minister and express hope to "deepen" the peace initiative between the historic rivals. Singh also received calls of congratulations from British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Russian President Vladimir Putin, they said. Earlier Musharraf in a message of congratulations to the Indian prime minister on Saturday said "We in Pakistan welcome your government's resolve to improve relations between our two countries. "I wish to assure you of our sincere commitment to a just and peaceful solution of all outstanding issues including Jammu and Kashmir," the foreign ministry quoted him as saying in his message. The pledge from the two leaders comes as twenty-eight Indian soldiers and their relatives were killed and 10 people injured in a landmine attack by rebels in Kashmir. It was the deadliest landmine attack in the 15-year separatist insurgency in Indian Kashmir, although there have been higher tolls in rebel raids on government buildings and in massacres of civilians.