Cong. disapproves of Musharraf remarks

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JULY 13. The Congress today registered its disapproval of the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf's remarks debunking the agreements reached between the two countries at Shimla and Lahore, and his description of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference as the sole representative of the people of Kashmir. Reacting to the remarks made in an interview, the Congress spokesperson, Mr. Anand Sharma, said his party ``disapproved of the General's contention that the two accords were not relevant anymore''. The Congress always maintained that the Hurriyat had no representative character.

Mr. Sharma said the remarks indicated that the Pakistani President ``wants to foreclose the talks even before the summit has begun''. The Congress viewed the Shimla accord as forming the very basis of the bilateral dialogue. ``Accords are not signed to be disowned; they are meant to be honoured by subsequent regimes. Change of governments do not mean that the accords are dead.''

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