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I was quoted out of context on Kargil: Musharraf

June 16, 2003 16:43 IST

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has claimed that he was quoted out of context on the recurrence of Kargil-type of conflicts with India saying it was an attempt to project him as a 'war monger'.

"They are looking for an excuse to malign us, or to target me personally," he was quoted as saying by Indus TV, referring to the criticism in India of his remarks on Kargil in an interview with NDTV 24x7.

"The issue is what I said. I said 'if we don't resolve this (Kashmir) anything can happen'.Why are they pinning it on me as though I am going to do something. I am not going to do anything," he said.

Musharraf added that what he said was not an aggressive statement, but a statement of fact. But at the same time he said there is no guarantee that both India and Pakistan would not go to a fourth war in the future.

Musharraf, who will visit Britain, the United States, Germany and France, said that during his meeting with US President George W Bush, he would urge him to put more pressure on India to resolve the Kashmri issue.

"Any attempts to improve relations and deal with all issues by sidelining Kashmir will not work, it has never worked in the past," he said.

Asked what role the United States could play to defuse tension between India and Pakistan, he said the US leadership is doing its best but needed to do more to pressure India.

He said both India and Pakistan should begin talks and accept the need for Kashmir to be resolved to bring peace in the region, he said.

Musharraf also accused India of attempting follow a coercive policy towards Pakistan.

 


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Sub: Why publish Mushraaf???

I don't understand why does Rediff keep publishing all this 'forever changing' loose talk of Mr. General? I was reading an article on Advani Ji's ...


Posted by Vishnu





Sub: give kashmir back

I guess the good general should just return all of kashmir under Pakistan to India and resolve the problem once for all


Posted by singh





Sub: Look who is talking

Why we give so much importance to halavdar Mushy i cant understand why we call him general in the first place


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Sub: perverse mush

They are looking to malign me! Is that what Musharraf can come up with? He is blackmailing India openly by mentioning another Karil. No body ...


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Sub: Quoted out of context: Musharraf

Actually Musharraf is only interested in showing himself as he is heartly in the peace dilogue but the fact is that he never interested to ...


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