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DATE=6/18/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250810
TITLE=PAK / KASHMIR (L)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  AS PAKISTAN COMES UNDER INCREASING INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE
TO RESOLVE ITS CRISIS WITH INDIA OVER KASHMIR, PAKISTAN'S PRIME 
MINISTER IS ASKING THE HEADS OF THE LEADING INDUSTRIALIZED 
COUNTRIES TO PLAY A ROLE IN RESOLVING THE DISPUTE.  FROM 
ISLAMABAD, CORRESPONDENT SCOTT ANGER REPORTS.
TEXT:   PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF HAS WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE 
LEADERS OF THE EIGHT INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS -- KNOWN AS THE G-8 
-- ASKING THEM TO HELP SETTLE THE KASHMIR CRISIS.  
PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN, TARIQ ALTAF, SAYS THE PRIME 
MINISTER'S LETTER ASKS THE G-8 LEADERS TO AVOID TAKING A NARROW 
VIEW OF THE SITUATION, WHICH HE SAYS COULD ENCOURAGE INDIA TO 
JUSTIFY ESCALATING THE CRISIS.
                        /// ALTAF ACT ///
         THE G-8 MUST, INSTEAD, ADOPT A CONSTRUCTIVE AND SOLUTION
         ORIENTED APPROACH THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO PRESERVING 
         AND PROMOTING THE CAUSE OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN SOUTH 
         ASIA.
                         /// END ACT ///
OBSERVERS IN ISLAMABAD SAY THEY EXPECT A STATEMENT FROM THE G-8 
LEADERS CALLING FOR BOTH SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES TO RETURN TO THE 
NEGOTIATING TABLE.
PAKISTAN HAS COME UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES AND 
RUSSIA TO WITHDRAW ITS SUPPORT FOR THE ARMED INSURGENTS WHO ARE 
FIGHTING INDIAN TROOPS ON INDIA'S SIDE OF THE LINE OF CONTROL IN 
KASHMIR.  PAKISTAN DENIES THAT IT HAS ANY CONTROL OVER THE 
FIGHTERS AND HAS EMPHASIZED THAT NONE OF ITS SOLDIERS HAVE 
CROSSED THE DISPUTED LINE OF CONTROL.
PAKISTAN SAYS IT HAS ALSO SENT A SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE G-8 SUMMIT 
IN GERMANY TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE LARGER ISSUE OF KASHMIR NEEDS TO
BE ADDRESSED.
MEANWHILE, INDIA IS CONTINUING ITS AIR AND GROUND ASSAULT ON 
MOUNTAIN-TOP POSITIONS HELD BY ARMED INSURGENTS.  ARTILLERY 
EXCHANGES ACROSS THE LINE OF CONTROL AND THE THREAT OF ALL-OUT 
WAR HAVE DRIVEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES ON BOTH 
SIDES OF THE BORDER.  (SIGNED)
NEB/SA/KL
18-Jun-99 10:21 AM EDT (1421 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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