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DATE=6/7/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250320
TITLE=PAK / KASHMIR (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:   PAKISTAN SAYS THAT DESPITE THE GESTURES IT HAS MADE 
TOWARD A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OVER THE KASHMIR DISPUTE, INDIA 
CONTINUES TO ESCALATE A VERY TENSE SITUATION ALONG THE LINE OF 
CONTROL.  AS CORRESPONDENT SCOTT ANGER REPORTS, PAKISTAN HAS 
REJECTED INDIAN CLAIMS THAT PAKISTANI SOLDIERS ARE ACTIVELY 
FIGHTING ALONG SIDE MUSLIM INSURGENTS ON THE INDIAN SIDE OF THE 
BORDER.
TEXT:  TENSION IS GROWING BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA AS ARTILLERY
FIRE CONTINUES UP AND DOWN THE DISPUTED LINE OF CONTROL IN 
KASHMIR.  THE TWO COUNTRIES ARE HAVING A WAR OF WORDS AS THE 
INDIAN MILITARY MOVES AHEAD WITH ITS CAMPAIGN TO EVICT ARMED 
MUSLIM INSURGENTS FROM INSIDE ITS TERRITORY. EACH SIDE HAS 
ACCUSED THE OTHER OF UNPROVOKED FIRING ACROSS THE LINE OF 
CONTROL.  
PAKISTANI MILITARY SPOKESMAN RASHID QURESHI STRONGLY DENIES 
INDIAN CLAIMS THAT PAKISTANI SOLDIERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE 
CONFLICT ON THE INDIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER.
                       /// QURESHI ACT ///
         THE INDIAN CLAIMS OF PAKISTANI TROOPS HAVING ENTERED OR 
         TAKEN ACTION INSIDE INDIAN-HELD KASHMIR -- ACROSS THE 
         LINE OF CONTROL -- THAT IS ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT.
                         /// END ACT ///
INDIA HAS ALSO ACCUSED PAKISTAN OF PROVIDING MILITARY SUPPORT TO 
MUSLIM GROUPS FIGHTING INSIDE INDIAN-KASHMIR.  PAKISTAN SAYS IT 
ONLY PROVIDES MORAL, DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL SUPPORT TO WHAT IT 
CALLS KASHMIRI FREEDOM FIGHTERS WHO ARE WAGING AN ARMED STRUGGLE 
AGAINST INDIAN RULE.
DESPITE THE MOUNTING TENSION, PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY 
SPOKESMAN, TARIQ ALTAF, SAYS PAKISTAN CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR A 
PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT IN KASHMIR -- BUT HE SAYS PAKISTAN'S OFFERS 
TO DEFUSE THE SITUATION HAVE BEEN REJECTED BY INDIA.
                        /// ALTAF ACT ///
         THEY ARE  NOT  TALKING OF PEACE, THEY ARE TALKING OF 
         WAR.  THEY ARE ON THE WAR-PATH.  WE ARE FOR PEACE -- FOR
         DEFUSING THE SITUATION AND FOR MAKING PEACE -- BUT OUR 
         OFFER HAS BEEN REJECTED.
                         /// END ACT ///
PAKISTAN'S OFFER TO SEND ITS FOREIGN MINISTER TO NEW DELHI THIS 
WEEK FOR TALKS HAS BEEN REJECTED BY INDIA, AND PAKISTAN SAYS IT 
IS WAITING FOR INDIA TO SUGGEST A MORE AGREEABLE DATE FOR THE 
VISIT.
PAKISTAN SAYS AT LEAST 42 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 20 PAKISTANI 
SOLDIERS, HAVE BEEN KILLED DURING THE LATEST HOSTILITIES WHICH 
BROKE OUT EARLY LAST MONTH.  (SIGNED)
NEB/SA/LTD/KL
07-Jun-99 11:36 AM EDT (1536 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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