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India rejects `no-war' pact plea
NEW DELHI, JAN. 24. India today rejected Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf's proposals for a no-war pact and de-nuclearisation of south Asia saying there was ``nothing new'' in them and asked Islamabad to end cross-border terrorism and proxy war forthwith.
New Delhi's ``stand is that nuclear weapons should be banished from the entire globe. De-nuclearisation of India and Pakistan will have no meaning,'' the Minister of State for External Affairs, Omar Abdullah, told PTI.
He was responding to a question on Gen. Musharraf's remarks in an interview to NBC-TV that he was prepared to accept de-nuclearisation of south Asia and sign a no-war pact with India.
Mr. Abdullah said since 1947, it was always Pakistan which launched aggression against India including the 1999 Kargil incursions.
``Now, Pakistan is suggesting such a pact when it has been the aggressor. It would have been good if Islamabad had offered along with it a ``no-terrorism (accord),'' he said.
Asked if Pakistan had sent its much-touted list of criminals it wanted from India, Mr. Abdullah said no such document had so far been received.
``I think that after the External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh's announcement that New Delhi would quickly act on such a list, Pakistan has put the issue in cold storage,'' he said adding India was committed to taking immediate action if such a list is sent. _ PTI
Interpol notices
PTI reports from Islamabad:
Demanding the extradition of 20 criminals and terrorists from Pakistan, India, in the form of evidence, has provided Interpol red corner notices and details of the crimes committed by them along with their fake names, Pakistani passports and ID numbers.
The evidence relating to the 20, provided by India on January 18 to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, included case sheets along with red corner notices from Interpol with a two-page covering letter seeking arrest as well as request to hand them over to India.
The case sheets also gave details of the criminals' travel information including the flight numbers, the Pakistan Observer reported today.
The case sheets also indicate that India had made some requests for extradition to the UAE Government for these alleged criminals and terrorists, it said.
The two-page letter begins with pleasantries such as ``the Government of India presents its compliments to the High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in New Delhi and has the honour to recall that from time to time, details of fugitives from law residing in Pakistan and wanted in connection with crimes committed in India, including those who were involved in the Mumbai bomb blasts of 1993 and the hijacking of IC-814 to Kandahar in December 1999, have been provided by the Government of India to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.''
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