DATE=7/12/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251680
TITLE=U-S/KASHMIR (L ONLY)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED STATES HAS WELCOMED THE AGREEMENT DESIGNED TO
END THE FIGHTING IN KASHMIR. THE U-S STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS NOW
THE "LAHORE PROCESS" FOR A DIALOGUE ON ALL THE ISSUES SHOULD BE
RESTORED. V-O-A'S GIL BUTLER HAS MORE ON THE STORY.
TEXT: INDIA HAS SET NEXT FRIDAY AS A DEADLINE FOR FORCES THAT
CROSSED THE LINE OF CONTROL IN KASHMIR TO RETURN TO THE
PAKISTAN-CONTROLLED SIDE. FOR HIS PART, PAKISTAN'S PRIME
MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF URGED INDICA TO ENTER INTO TALKS OVER
KASHMIR.
AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT, SPOKESMAN JAMES FOLEY SAID BOTH
COUNTRIES ARE REPORTING SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN FIGHTING AND
SAID THE UNITED STATES WELCOMES THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
/// FOLEY ACT ///
ONCE THE FIGHTING HAS ENDED, WE URGE BOTH COUNTRIES TO
RESUME THEIR DIALOGUE UNDER THE LAHORE PROCESS AND WE
BELIEVE RESOLVING THIS CURRENT CRISIS ALONG THE LINE OF
CONTROL WAS THE PREDICATE INDEED, TO RESTORING THE
LAHORE PROCESS IN WHICH INDIA AND PAKISTAN WILL BE ABLE
TO DISCUSS THE ENTIRE RANGE OF ISSUES BETWEEN THEM,
OBVIOUSLY INCLUDING KASHMIR.
/// END ACT ///
THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT OFFICIALLY DESCRIBED THE INFILTRATORS
WHO CROSSED OVER THE CONTROL LINE, SETTING OFF THE LATEST CRISIS,
EXCEPT TO SAY THEY CAME FROM THE PAKISTAN SIDE OF THE LINE.
BOTH INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAVE CONDUCTED NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS,
AROUSING INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS. THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE FOUGHT
TWO WARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE IN 1947 OVER KASHMIR. (SIGNED)
NEB/MGB/AG/RRM
12-Jul-99 3:59 PM EDT (1959 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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