DATE=7/7/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-235075
TITLE=INDIA-PAKISTAN (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIAN PRIME MINISTER ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE SAYS HE WANTS
BROAD KASHMIR DISCUSSIONS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ
SHARIF WHEN THEY MEET LATER THIS MONTH. NEW DELHI CORRESPONDENT
DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN REPORTS.
TEXT: THE PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN ARE EXPECTED TO
MEET LATE THIS MONTH AT A SUMMIT OF THE SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION
FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION IN SRI LANKA. MR. VAJPAYEE TOLD
PARLIAMENT THAT FULL TALKS WILL BE HELD.
// VAJPAYEE ACT / HINDI... FADE UNDER //
HE SAYS PAKISTAN IS STRESSING KASHMIR SHOULD BE THE PROMINENT
ISSUE, AND TERRORISM AND SENDING ARMED MILITANTS INTO INDIAN
KASHMIR SHOULD ALSO BE DISCUSSED. HE SAYS THIS ISSUE CONCERNS
INDIA'S PEACE AND SECURITY.
INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAVE FOUGHT TWO WARS OVER KASHMIR, A DISPUTED
TERRITORY DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM. NEW DELHI ACCUSES PAKISTAN OF
ARMING AND TRAINING MILITANTS FIGHTING IN INDIAN KASHMIR, BUT
ISLAMABAD DENIES THIS.
MONDAY, PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER GOHAR AYUB KHAN MET WITH SRI
LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAKSHMAN KADIRGAMAR. A STATEMENT FROM
PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN INDIA AND
PAKISTAN SHOULD ADDRESS THE CORE ISSUE OF KASHMIR.
TALKS BETWEEN THE FOREIGN SECRETARIES OF BOTH COUNTRIES BROKE
DOWN LAST YEAR, AFTER PAKISTAN INSISTED A CENTRAL WORKING GROUP
FOR KASHMIR BE CREATED. MR. VAJPAYEE SAYS HE HOPES HIS MEETING
WITH MR. SHARIF WILL RESOLVE THE QUESTION OF HOW TO RESTART THE
TALKS. (SIGNED)
NEB/RAE
07-Jul-98 7:01 AM EDT (1101 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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