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Welcoming the move, the BJP spokesman, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, said that during his conversation with Mr. Vajpayee, the Pakistan Prime Minister had condemned terrorism. However, he stressed that the party would prefer that Islamabad take concrete action and not restrict it to words. He said the latest move was the last chance to establish peace between India and Pakistan and hoped that the latter respond positively to the steps announced by India. Mr. Malhotra said there were reports even today of infiltration and hoped that Pakistan would see to it that it comes to a stop. He also welcomed the Prime Minister's statement that there would be no third party mediation. The Congress said the announcements were on expected lines. The party spokesman, Anand Sharma said the party had always held the opinion that diplomatic channels should be kept open between the two countries. The CPI general secretary, A.B. Bardhan suggested that India take action step by step towards restoration of normality between New Delhi and Islamabad. He said the decision of allowing civil flights was necessary since both nations were incurring huge losses. The CPI(M) said the steps taken to improve ties between the two nations were in the right direction. The party politburo member, Prakash Karat said the CPI(M) had said channels of diplomatic communication and people-to-people contacts should not have been snapped. The latest steps were towards normalisation of relations, he added. The TDP Parliamentary Party leader, K. Yerrannaidu, welcomed the announcement but said, both infiltration and cross-border terrorism had to stop.
Hope both India, Pak. will move ahead: Hurriyat By Shujaat Bukhari SRINAGAR, MAY 2. The All-Party Hurriyat Conference has welcomed the Centre's decision to appoint a new High Commissioner to Pakistan and said there was need to carry forward the peace initiatives to ease tension between the two countries. The APHC chairman, Abdul Gani Bhat, said here that the time had come to address the bilateral problems, particularly the Kashmir issue, to ensure permanent peace in the region. "Neither India nor Pakistan can afford the luxury of sleeping over the problems that constitute a potential threat to peace in the region,'' Prof. Bhat said and hoped that the leaders of the two countries "will rise to the occasion and move forward with a will and with wisdom to achieve peace and ensure prosperity.'' The Hurriyat had welcomed the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's initiative to extend the hand of friendship to Pakistan but rejected his offer to talk to the Centre's interlocutor, N.N. Vohra.
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