Vajpayee -- only leader to solve Indo-Pakistan problems: Pak minister

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Vajpayee -- only leader to solve Indo-Pakistan problems: Pak minister

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Pakistan said Monday night that Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is "the only leader" who can take "bold steps" to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries as he was rated highly by its people.

"Vajpayee is the only leader who can take bold steps to resolve Indo-Pak issues. Other than him, I think it is all darkness," Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid told reporters. Rashidis in New Delhi to attend the two-day Information Ministers' conference of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) beginning on Tuesday.

"Vajpayee is an extremely experienced man and nobody can beat experience," he said.

Rashid expressed the hope that the Indian prime minister alongwith his colleagues will be able to take steps to find solutions to Indo-Pak problems.

Asked about possibility of his meeting with Vajpayee, Rashid said he would try and meet him after the SAARC conference is inaugurated by the Indian prime minister.

"Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali have sent their warm greetings, good wishes and a message of friendship to the Indian Prime Minister and I will require only a short while with him to convey this message since he is leaving on a foreign tour tomorrow after that," he said at a reception hosted by Pakistani High Commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan.

On the issue of resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue, he said, if "intentions were good, these all issues can be resolved. Otherwise there will be only statements for the media."

Asked about possibility of holding SAARC Film Festival, the minister said this could be considered.

"Indian audio and video cassettes of films are doing pretty well in Pakistan," Rashid said.

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