The Hindu : U.S. pressure on Pak. not working: Vajpayee

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Friday, Sep 27, 2002

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U.S. pressure on Pak. not working: Vajpayee

By Our Special Correspondent

The CSIR Director-General, R.A. Mashelkar presenting a memento to the Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee, during the presentation of the CSIR scientists awards 2002 in New Delhi on Thursday. The Union HRD Minister, Murli Manohar Joshi is also seen. — Photo: Rajeev Bhatt

NEW DELHI SEPT. 26. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, today came pretty close to conceding that the U.S. pressure on Pakistan to abandon support to terrorism did not seem to be working. Eventually India would have to fight its own war against the menace, he said.

"It seems so," he said, when asked whether pressure from the U.S. and India's own efforts were not working on Pakistan to change its stand with regard to supporting terrorism. "We have to fight terrorism on our own strength."

Asked how India would frustrate terrorists attacks like the one on the temple in Gandhinagar, he said "we can do it. Our men demonstrated it yesterday. The terrorists will not succeed in their designs. India is vigilant and is ready to meet the challenges".

Mr. Vajpayee was briefly interacting with reporters after participating in a function to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

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