India, Pakistan urged to make efforts for regional development

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India, Pakistan urged to make efforts for regional development

Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam said Monday that both India and Pakistan should jointly make efforts for regional development, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI).

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Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam said Monday that both India and Pakistan should jointly make efforts for regional development, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI).

"We have offered a hand of friendship to Pakistan to ensure that India and Pakistan which both had ample resources should jointly make efforts for development of the region," said the president after presenting Prestigious Standards to Indian Army's two elite armored regiments.

Kalam was quoted as saying that the Indian central government had recently taken a number of steps to enhance the combat capabilities of the forces specially those engaged in checking cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir and those engaged in anti-militancy operations.

The president, who is also the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, said that the central government wanted the army units engaged in challenging tasks of fighting terrorists to be equipped with state of art weaponry, adding that the government was also striving hard to improve conditions for troops in the peace time by increasing the married accommodation and providing better education facilities for children of the service personnel.

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