Musharraf sends formal invitation to Vajpayee

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD, AUG. 26. The Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has sought a formal meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly scheduled for the fourth week of September.

The chief spokesman of the Pakistan military, Maj. Gen. Rashid Quereshi, told The Hindu that Gen. Musharraf had formally communicated his desire for a one-to-one meeting with Mr. Vajpayee in New York to carry forward the process of dialogue that was started in Agra.

The announcement made by Mr. Vajpayee in Lucknow about the possibility of a meeting with Gen. Musharraf appears to be a sequel to the formal communication from Islamabad. Pakistan has been maintaining in the last few days that while it desired a meeting at New York, it was entirely up to India to decide on the issue.

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