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DATE=6/25/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251095
TITLE=PAK / KASHMIR  (L UPDATE) 
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:   A TOP AMERICAN GENERAL HAS MET WITH PAKISTAN'S PRIME 
MINISTER TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT CRISIS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA
OVER KASHMIR.  AS CORRESPONDENT SCOTT ANGER REPORTS, THE TWO 
COUNTRIES STAND ON THE EDGE OF WAR AS INDIA CONTINUES ITS 
CAMPAIGN TO DRIVE INSURGENTS FROM ITS SIDE OF THE DISPUTED LINE 
OF CONTROL.
TEXT:  PAKISTAN SAYS GENERAL ANTHONY ZINNI, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF
THE U-S CENTRAL COMMAND, DELIVERED A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT 
CLINTON TO PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF, URGING HIM TO DE-ESCALATE
THE GROWING CRISIS AND TO FIND A PEACEFUL SOLUTION WITH INDIA.
A FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE MEETING CALLED FOR AN 
EVEN-HANDED APPROACH TO THE CRISIS BY THE UNITED STATES.  THE 
STATEMENT SAYS THE CURRENT CRISIS REQUIRES A BALANCED AND 
CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH, IF PEACE IS TO PREVAIL IN THE REGION.
THE STATEMENT DID NOT MENTION THE U-S STATE DEPARTMENT'S CALL 
THURSDAY FOR PAKISTAN TO WITHDRAW THE FORCES IT SUPPORTS FROM THE
INDIAN SIDE OF THE LINE OF CONTROL.  WASHINGTON SAYS ONLY THE 
PULL-OUT OF THE FORCES CAN DE-ESCALATE THE CRISIS, WHICH IS 
THREATENING TO EXPAND INTO AN ALL-OUT WAR BETWEEN THE TWO NUCLEAR
NEIGHBORS.
PAKISTAN HAS DENIED THAT IT IS SUPPORTING THE ARMED INSURGENTS 
WHO HAVE BEEN BATTLING INDIAN TROOPS SINCE EARLY MAY.  PAKISTAN 
SAYS THE INSURGENTS ARE INDIGENOUS FREEDOM FIGHTERS WHO ARE 
RESISTING INDIAN RULE IN THE HIMALAYAN REGION.
                    ///AMB: SOUND OF CROWD///
MEANWHILE, LEADERS OF PAKISTANI KASHMIR RALLIED SUPPORT IN THE 
CAPITAL, ISLAMABAD, FRIDAY.  HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CHANTING 
ANTI-INDIAN SLOGANS VOWED TO CONTINUE WHAT THEY CALLED THE 
STRUGGLE TO FREE KASHMIR FROM INDIA.
                  ///AMB:  SOUND OF SHOUTING///
DEMONSTRATORS WANTED TO MARCH TO THE INDIAN EMBASSY BUT WERE 
STOPPED BY POLICE IN RIOT GEAR. 
THURSDAY, PRIME MINISTER SHARIF ONCE AGAIN OFFERED PEACE TALKS 
WITH INDIA -- BUT INDIA SAYS IT HAS RULED OUT ANY TALKS UNTIL 
PAKISTAN WITHDRAWS THE INSURGENTS BEHIND THE LINE OF CONTROL, 
WHICH WAS DRAWN IN 1972 AFTER THE LAST WAR.  (SIGNED)
NEB/SA/KL
25-Jun-99 10:03 AM EDT (1403 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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