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DATE=6/24/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251046
TITLE=PAK / KASHMIR  (L)
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO: A TOP U-S GENERAL IS IN PAKISTAN HOLDING MEETINGS WITH 
PAKISTANI LEADERS TO ASSESS THE CRISIS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA
OVER KASHMIR.  AS VOA'S SCOTT ANGER REPORTS FROM ISLAMABAD,  THE 
TWO COUNTRIES ARE ON THE VERGE OF ALL-OUT WAR BECAUSE OF THE 
LATEST FLARE-UP IN THE DISPUTED REGION.
TEXT:   PAKISTAN SAYS GENERAL ANTHONY ZINNI, COMMANDER IN CHIEF 
OF THE U-S CENTRAL COMMAND, HAS HELD TALKS WITH CHIEF OF 
PAKISTAN'S ARMY STAFF, PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, ABOUT THE CRISIS IN 
KASHMIR.  OFFICIALS IN ISLAMABAD ARE TIGHT-LIPPED ABOUT THE 
MEETING.
THE GENERAL'S ONE-DAY VISIT TO PAKISTAN FOLLOWS A PHONE CALL LAST
WEEK BY PRESIDENT CLINTON TO PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER, NAWAZ 
SHARIF.  MR. CLINTON URGED THE PAKISTANI LEADER TO WITHDRAW THE 
FORCES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY PAKISTAN FROM THE INDIAN SIDE OF THE
LINE OF CONTROL.
PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN, TARIQ ALTAF, CALLS THE U-S 
VIEW OF THE KASHMIR CRISIS NARROW, AND SAYS WASHINGTON SHOULD 
TAKE A MORE BALANCED APPROACH TO THE CONFLICT.
                        /// ALTAF ACT ///
         THAT KIND OF NARROW VIEW ENCOURAGES INDIA TO TALK OF 
         WAR.  IF THIS IS TO BE PROJECTED MORE, IT WILL ONLY 
         ENCOURAGE INDIA TO TALK MORE OF WAR AND WIDER CONFLICTS.
                         /// END ACT ///
PAKISTAN DENIES IT IS SUPPORTING THE ARMED INSURGENTS THAT ARE 
BATTLING INDIAN TROOPS IN INDIAN KASHMIR.  PAKISTAN SAYS THEY ARE
INDIGENOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS WHO ARE RESISTING INDIAN RULE IN THE 
HIMALAYAN REGION.
PRIME MINISTER SHARIF, IN AN ADDRESS TO PAKISTANI SOLDIERS NEAR 
THE LINE OF CONTROL THURSDAY, SAYS PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR AND MISSILE
CAPABILITIES HAVE MADE IT ONE OF THE STRONGEST COUNTRIES ON 
EARTH.  ALTHOUGH HE SAYS HIS COUNTRY IS READY TO FACE ANY 
AGGRESSION BY INDIA, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS AGAIN OFFERED PEACE 
TALKS WITH ITS NEIGHBOR.
HOWEVER, INDIA HAS RULED OUT ANY FURTHER TALKS UNTIL PAKISTAN 
WITHDRAWS THE ARMED INSURGENTS.   (SIGNED)
NEB/SA/KL
24-Jun-99 11:17 AM EDT (1517 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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