India rejects Musharraf's contention on Kashmir issue

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India rejects Musharraf's contention on Kashmir issue

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India on Sunday outrightly rejected Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's contention that the joint statement issued after he met Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Islamabad in January made any reference to Jammu and Kashmir as a central or core issue.

"There is no reference (in the joint statement) to any so-called central or core issue, but to addressing all bilateral issues, including Jammu and Kashmir," the External Affairs Ministry said.

While addressing the "India Today" Conclave via satellite Saturday night, Musharraf had contended that there was a marked change in India which had accepted Pakistan as one of the parties to the dispute and that New Delhi had agreed on the centrality of the Kashmir issue in the joint statement.

"We have carefully examined the comments made by the Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf Yesterday. The language of the January sixth Islamabad joint press statement is clear and unambiguous. It delineates how the process has to be sustained andtaken forward. Violence, hostility and terrorism must be prevented," the Ministry said in a statement.

It also said India is determined to continue with the process initiated by the prime minister in April last year, and on the basis of the framework agreed upon.

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