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Unlikely to work: Pak.

ISLAMABAD JUNE 5. Pakistan today rejected the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's proposal for joint patrolling along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir to stem the infiltration of militants, saying it was nothing new and ``unlikely to work.''

``The proposal is not new,'' a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. ``Given the state of Pakistan-India relations, mechanisms for joint patrolling are unlikely to work."

The Armies of India and Pakistan were already patrolling their respective sides of the LoC.

``Pakistan has also expressed its willingness to accept neutral monitoring of the LoC,'' the statement added. India has ruled out third-party monitoring of the border, as it is against ``internationalisation'' of the bilateral dispute. — Reuters

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