DATE=6/25/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251074
TITLE=INDO-PAK KASHMIR / S
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: A U-S DIPLOMAT IS GOING TO NEW DELHI TO BRIEF SENIOR
INDIAN OFFICIALS ON TALKS HELD IN PAKISTAN BETWEEN A SENIOR U-S
MILITARY COMMANDER AND PAKISTAN'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP. V-O-A'S
JIM TEEPLE REPORTS THE VISIT COMES AS INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS
HIS COUNTRY HAS NO INTENTION OF CROSSING THE LINE OF CONTROL
WHICH DIVIDES KASHMIR BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
TEXT: DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE GIBSON LANPHER WILL
BRIEF INDIAN OFFICIALS ABOUT TALKS HELD IN ISLAMABAD BETWEEN
PAKISTANI LEADERS AND GENERAL ANTHONY ZINNI -- COMMANDER IN CHIEF
OF THE U-S CENTRAL COMMAND. GENERAL ZINNI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH
ASIA.
INDIAN OFFICIALS SAY THE VISIT DOES NOT MEAN THE UNITED STATES IS
IN ANYWAY ACTING AS A MEDIATOR IN THE KASHMIR CRISIS. INDIA'S
PRIME MINISTER ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE SAYS INDIA HAS NO INTENTION
OF CROSSING THE LINE OF CONTROL. HIS REMARKS APPEAR TO PLAY DOWN
A STATEMENT BY INDIA'S ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF WHO SAID INDIA COULD
CROSS THE LINE OF CONTROL FOR MILITARY REASONS IF INDIA'S CABINET
GIVES ITS APPROVAL.
MEANWHILE, INDIAN COMMANDERS SAY THEY ARE NOW USING MIRAGE 2000
JETS WITH LASER-GUIDED BOMBS AGAINST BUNKERS OCCUPIED BY WHAT
THEY DESCRIBE AS "PAKISTANI-BACKED INFILTRATORS." (SIGNED)
NEB / JLT / WD / WD
25-Jun-99 2:37 AM EDT (0637 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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