Russian, US Presidents Discusses Indian-Pakistani Tension

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Russian, US Presidents Discusses Indian-Pakistani Tension

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George W. Bush spoke by telephone Thursday to discuss tension between India and Pakistan as well as Putin's recent mediation efforts in the conflict.

"The presidents confirmed their common position on this issue, and their intentions to continue coordinated efforts aimed at preventing the escalation of the Indian-Pakistani conflict and normalizing relations between New Delhi and Islamabad," Putin's press service said in a statement.

During last month's Moscow summit with Bush, Putin announced that he would try to bring the Indian and Pakistani leaders together at a summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan.

Putin held separate meetings with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the sideline of the CICA summit, but failed to convince the two to sittogether for a direct meeting.

Also on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry Igor Ivanov discussed Indian-Pakistani tensions in telephone conversations with his French counterpart, Dominique de Villepin, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi.

The ministers "noted a trend toward lessening tensions in SouthAsia" after Putin's talks with the Indian and Pakistani leaders, said a foreign ministry statement.

During their Thursday telephone conversation, Putin and Bush also discussed economic agreements reached at their last summit, the press service said.

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