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Conflict of the Cashmere: India aims the hand in Pakistan
Changing
his strategy, the Indian government put an end to the cease-fire
enacted to the Cashmere and invited the chief of the Pakistani
junta to the dialogue.
New Delhi, of our corresponding in Asia of the South
Reversing
its initiative of peace completely to the Cashmere, India invited,
Wednesday 23 May, the chief of the ministerial Pakistani, the
general Pervez Moucharraf, to come to New Delhi. In the same time,
the Indian government put an end to the one-sided cease-fire that
its strengths were supposed to observe since November 27 to Cashmere.
These decisions have been announced to the exit of a meeting of
the national Council of security, presided by the prime minister,
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
"The
government decided to invite the general Pervez Moucharraf to
visit India at the nearest date that will agree to him. A formal
invitation will be transmitted shortly", indicated the
foreign minister and of defense, Jaswant Singh, while reading
a declaration. This invitation puts an end to the speech of the
Indian government, that affirmed since two years that there would
not be a dialogue with Pakistan before this one restricts the
action of the armed groups that fights to the Indian Cashmere.
GROUPS
SEPARATISTS
Islamabad
welcomed this announcement positively and immediately reiterated
his desire of dialogue. Intervening to the television, the Chief
of Staff of the foreign business ministry recalled that the general
Moucharraf had, repeatedly, affirmed that Pakistan was ready to
speak with India "at any level, where and whenever".
Mr Vajpayee never never met the general Moucharraf, that many
in India hold like main responsible for the war of Kargil on heights
of the Cashmere, at the summer 1999. The two men had spoken themselves
however in January, on occasion of the earthquake of the Gujarat.
Mr.
Singh justified the end of the cease-fire while affirming : "We
expected that different groups and terrorist organizations, most
foreign, recognize imperatives of peace, dialogue and cooperation.
These groups prevented the restoration of the peace and therefore
the strengths of security will lead actions that they will judge
most suitable against terrorists." The cease-fire had
never been accepted by the armed militant groups that fight in
Cashmere and, on their side the Indian strengths pursued operations
targeted against "rebels".
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