DATE=7/3/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251399
TITLE=PAKISTAN / U-S / KASHMIR (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=AYAZ GUL
DATELINE=ISLAMABAD
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF IS LEAVING (HAS
LEFT) ISLAMABAD (EARLY SUNDAY MORNING) FOR WASHINGTON FOR TALKS
WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON ON THE GROWING MILITARY CONFRONTATION
BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. AYAZ GUL REPORTS FROM ISLAMABAD.
TEXT: AN OFFICIAL PAKISTANI STATEMENT SAYS MR. SHARIF WILL MEET
WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON SUNDAY TO DISCUSS HIS COUNTRY'S CURRENT
CONFLICT WITH INDIA OVER KASHMIR.
THE STATEMENT SAYS THE MEETING IS THE RESULT OF RECENT CONTACTS
BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS ON THE DETERIORATING SITUATION AND THE
NEED FOR A SETTLEMENT OF THE KASHMIR DISPUTE, WHICH PAKISTAN SAYS
HOLDS THE KEY TO DURABLE PEACE AND SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA.
THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN TRYING TO DEFUSE THE SITUATION, WHICH
HAS BROUGHT INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO THE VERGE OF AN ALL-OUT WAR.
INDIA RULES OUT TALKS WITH PAKISTAN UNTIL ISLAMABAD WITHDRAWS
ARMED INSURGENTS FROM INDIAN KASHMIR. PAKISTAN SAYS IT HAS NO
CONTROL OVER WHAT IT CALLS KASHMIRI FREEDOM FIGHTERS (HOLY
WARRIORS) SEEKING INDEPENDENCE FROM INDIA. (SIGNED)
NEB/AG/GM
03-Jul-99 5:03 PM EDT (2103 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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