Ready to salute Vajpayee: Musharraf

NEW DELHI, APRIL 6. Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, today said he would have no inhibitions in saluting the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, if he came to Pakistan, and described the Indian leader as a person whom he would like to ``trust''.

``I have no inhibitions in saluting Vajpayee, he is elder to me. If he comes now I will salute him again, I will shake hands with him,'' Gen. Musharraf told senior editor, Mr. M.J. Akbar, refuting reports that he had declined to shake hands with Mr. Vajpayee during his visit to Lahore in February 1999.

Asked if he ``trusted'' Mr. Vajpayee he said: ``I would like to trust him because to me he looks as a person who would like to resolve that (Kashmir) dispute.''

- PTI

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