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To: Alex who wrote (15199)	8/3/1998 9:34:00 AM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116762

Gohar fears war with India By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, Aug 2: Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan said on Sunday there was a possibility of a conflict between Pakistan and India because of the situation created by New Delhi on the Line of Control (LoC). Talking briefly to reporters at the Lahore airport on his return from Male, Maldives, along with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, he said in case war was imposed on it, Pakistan would give a befitting reply to the enemy. He said the gravity of the situation could be judged from the fact that even the US ambassador to New Delhi had said recently that tension between Pakistan and India was so high that it was not seen even between the Untied States and the USSR during their Cold War. Answering a question, the foreign minister said since India was not ready to resolve the Kashmir dispute through talks, the freedom movement in occupied Kashmir would have to be stepped up and Pakistan would have to give more political and diplomatic support to the freedom fighters. He said talks between Pakistan and India had been going on for the last 50 years but they made no progress because of India's intransigence. He said he had predicted before leaving for Colombo to participate in the SAARC conference that the next round of talks between the two countries would also be inconclusive. Answering a question, the foreign minister said he was present in talks between the prime ministers of Pakistan and India and had also said in clear terms that when the attitude of Mr Vajpayee was so hard on the Kashmir issue, no progress could be expected of talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries. He said in future, Pakistan would have to take a hardline approach in talks with India. Replying to a question, he said India's conditions for signing the CTBT would never be met. However, he stressed, New Delhi would have to sign the CTBT. As for Pakistan, he said, it had told the United States its conditions for signing the treaty. <Picture: Previous Story><Picture: Top of Page><Picture: Next Story> <Picture: CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE TOP 1000!>c The DAWN Group of Newspapers, 1998 dawn.com