India Asks Pakistan to 'Act Maturely and Invest in the Future'

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India Asks Pakistan to 'Act Maturely and Invest in the Future'

India on Tuesday asked Pakistan to "act maturely and invest in the future by brushing aside its critical references to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's peace initiative.

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India on Tuesday asked Pakistan to "act maturely and invest in the future by brushing aside its critical references to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's peace initiative.

Commenting on Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman's remarks thatVajpayee had suspended his hand of friendship in "mid-air" and was"withdrawing" it, the spokesman said that "if our prime minister'shand is suspended in the mid-air, as the Pakistani spokesman claims, it is because so far Pakistan has failed to grasp it."

The spokesman told reporters that "time has come, in Pakistan'sown interest and in the interest of peace, that Pakistan should unclench its fist, wipe its hands clean of the stains of terrorismand firmly grasp the hand of friendship that we have extended."

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