DATE=6/9/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250401
TITLE=INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR (S)
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIA AND PAKISTAN CONTINUED EXCHANGES OF ARTILLERY FIRE
WEDNESDAY, ACROSS THE SO-CALLED "LINE OF CONTROL," WHICH DIVIDES
KASHMIR. THE ARTILLERY ATTACKS FOLLOW AGREEMENT BY BOTH
COUNTRIES TO HOLD TALKS ON THE KASHMIR CRISIS THIS SATURDAY IN
NEW DELHI. VOA'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY THE
TALKS WILL GO AHEAD, BUT SO WILL INDIA'S MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO
PUSH WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS INFILTRATORS OUT OF ITS TERRITORY IN
KASHMIR.
TEXT: NEW DELHI SAYS PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SHOULD
UNDERSTAND THERE IS ONLY TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION AT SATURDAY'S
TALKS -- HOW TO GET THE INFILTRATORS OUT OF INDIAN KASHMIR.
PAKISTAN DENIES HELPING THE INFILTRATORS OR THAT ITS TROOPS ARE
FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THEM -- SAYING FOREIGN MINISTER SARTAJ AZIZ
WILL TRY AND REDUCE TENSIONS IN THE REGION. RAMINDER JASSAL, THE
CHIEF SPOKESMAN FOR INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS MILITARY
OPERATIONS WILL NOT BE SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF THE TALKS.
// INSERT JASSAL ACTUALITY //
THERE IS NO PLAN TO LINK MILITARY OPERATIONS WITH THE VISIT OF
FOREIGN MINISTER SARTAJ AZIZ. THE MILITARY OPERATIONS WILL
CONTINUE.
// END ACTUALITY //
INDIA SAYS THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE DAY OF TALKS BECAUSE INDIAN
FOREIGN MINISTER JASWANT SINGH HAS TO TRAVEL TO CHINA ON SUNDAY.
MEANWHLE INDIANS ON WEDNESDAY CELEBRATED THEIR COUNTRY'S 47-RUN
VICTORY OVER PAKISTAN IN A SECOND-ROUND CRICKET WORLD CUP MATCH.
(SIGNED)
NEB/JT/PLM
09-Jun-99 4:11 AM EDT (0811 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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