The Hindu : India has closed last chance for talks: Qazi

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, May 26, 2002

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India has closed last chance for talks: Qazi

Wagah May 25. Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, today said that by asking him to leave the country, India had closed "her last chance for dialogue".

In a chat with mediapersons here at the India-Pakistan border, Mr. Qazi said that whenever a dialogue was initiated by one country with another, it was always through Ambassadors or High Commissioners. "I am leaving India with a very heavy heart as I am of the opinion that only through a dialogue can issues like this be resolved and not through war."

Mr. Qazi, along with his mother, crossed over to Pakistan in a High Commission vehicle through the check post. Earlier, he arrived at the Raja Sansi airport by an Indian Airlines flight from New Delhi and was escorted to the check post amid tight security arrangements.

To a question, he said that the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, had on a number of occasions expressed his willingness to hold talks with India on the Kashmir issue.

When his attention was drawn to Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism, he said his country's President had time and again assured that he was against any form of terrorism.

The Pakistan Government had banned a number of terrorist groups and even frozen their bank accounts. — UNI

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