India: Musharraf's Statement 'Disappointing, Dangerous'

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India: Musharraf's Statement 'Disappointing, Dangerous'

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India on Tuesday reacted angrily to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's claim that there was no infiltration from Pakistani side, saying that his "belligerent posture has raised the tension instead of reducing it."

Musharraf's televised address to the nation on Monday "is both disappointing and dangerous", External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh said in a statement at a crowded press conference here.

"Disappointing as it merely repeats some earlier assurances which remain unfulfilled till today, and dangerous because, through belligerent posturing, tension has been added to, not reduced," the minister said in a statement.

However, Singh said there was no question of India risking a war as it was already subject to a war.

Declining to disclose what specific steps New Delhi proposed totake to counter the current situation, the minister ruled out sever of diplomatic relations with Pakistan, saying "there is no question of it".

He told the press that he did not see any possibility of talks between Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Musharraf at an international conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, nest week.

Islamabad reportedly expressed its hope earlier on Tuesday thatthe two leaders would meet at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Almaty.

There would either be direct talks between India and Pakistan or in the presence of third party during the forthcoming summit which Asian leaders would assemble from June 3 to 5 to discuss security related issues in the region, Pakistan Information Minister Nisar Memon said.

On threat of nuclear conflict between the two neighbors, Singh said his country had never talked about it.

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