No Perceptible Tension Along Indo-Pakistan Border: India Defense Minister

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No Perceptible Tension Along Indo-Pakistan Border: India Defense Minister

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Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes said on Sunday that there was no "perceptible" tension along the line of control in Kashmir despite Indian and Pakistani armies remaining in an eye-ball-to-eye-ball situation.

Patrolling troops in border areas on both sides did not mean tension, Fernandes said in Vijayawada, a city in the south state of Andhra, 1,760 kilometers south of here.

"We have already withdrawn our navy, and lifted ban on Pakistani overflights on Indian skies with an intention to defuse tension," the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted the minister as saying.

Fernandes is in Vijayawada to attend a two-day national councilmeeting of his party, Samata, or "Party of Equality" in English.

He expressed his hope that Pakistani President Pervez Musharrafwould "realize all these aspects."

Meanwhile, according to PTI, Indian Home Affairs Minister Lall Krishna Advani said on Sunday that New Delhi was ready to hold talks with Islamabad on Kashmir under the condition that Pakistan first end "cross-border terrorism" against his country and dismantle "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan.

Advani, who is now in the west state of Gujarat for a inspection tour, denied reported reduction in infiltration from across the border recently, saying that "reports available with usat least do not indicate anything of this kind."

On the proposed joint monitoring of the line of control in Kashmir, Advani said Pakistan had expressed disagreement and the matter had ended there.

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