'Elements in Pak. Govt supporting J&K violence'

NEW DELHI, MARCH 22. Talking tough just days before he visits Islamabad, the U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, today charged ``elements'' within the Pakistan Government with supporting violence in Kashmir and said the military regime had to take note of this and resolve differences with India peacefully.

``I believe that there are elements within the Pakistani Government that have supported those who engage in violence in Kashmir,'' Mr. Clinton, who will make a brief stop- over in Islamabad on March 25, said in an interview to ABC television.

``I just don't think that this is the way to deal with Kashmir and I don't think it's a good enough reason to drive, in effect, the whole existence, the whole policy of the Pakistani Government,'' the President said. ``I think.... they (Pakistan) have to have a non- violent plan for resolving their differences,'' he said.

- PTI

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