DATE=6/8/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250378
TITLE=PAK / KASHMIR TALKS UPDATE (S)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PAKISTAN SAYS IT HAS ACCEPTED INDIA'S OFFER FOR TALKS ON
KASHMIR LATER THIS WEEK IN NEW DELHI. AS CORRESPONDENT SCOTT
ANGER REPORTS, INDIA SAYS THE TALKS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE
WITHDRAWAL OF ARMED MUSLIM INSURGENTS FROM ITS TERRITORY.
TEXT: PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SARTAJ AZIZ SAYS HE WILL MEET
JUNE 12TH IN NEW DELHI WITH HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART IN AN EFFORT
TO DEFUSE GROWING TENSIONS OVER THE DISPUTED REGION OF KASHMIR.
/// AZIZ ACT ///
WE WILL HAVE TO TRY AND FIND SOMETHING IN COMMON. I
THINK ITS IN THE INTEREST OF BOTH SIDES TO DE-ESCALATE
THE PRESENT TENSION.
/// END ACT ///
INDIA SAYS TALKS ON THE KASHMIR ISSUE WILL NOT STOP THEIR AIR
CAMPAIGN, AIMED AT DISLODGING ARMED MUSLIM INSURGENTS ON THE
INDIAN SIDE OF THE KASHMIRI BORDER.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PLANNED TALKS COMES A DAY AFTER INDIAN
PRIME MINISTER ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE -- ONCE AGAIN -- ACCUSED
PAKISTAN OF DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THE ARMED INSURGENCY WITH MEN AND
MATERIALS. PAKISTAN HAS DENIED PROVIDING ANYTHING BUT
DIPLOMATIC, MORAL AND POLITICAL SUPPORT TO GROUPS FIGHTING INDIAN
RULE IN KASHMIR. (SIGNED)
NEB/SA
08-Jun-99 12:35 PM EDT (1635 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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