The Hindu : No fruitful talks after Musharraf's Kargil remarks: Advani

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No fruitful talks after Musharraf's Kargil remarks: Advani

London June 15. The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, today reacted sharply to the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf's remarks on Kargil, saying "it just means no fruitful talks will take place" between India and Pakistan.

Asked about Gen. Musharraf's non-committal stand on a repeat of Kargil, Mr. Advani told BBC that he was quite surprised. "On the one hand, the Indian Prime Minister is extending hand of friendship and on the other the General is making such statements.

"I even thought it might have been a misreporting. If it is true, how will the talks move further? It just means no fruitful talks will take place. We will have to win against terrorism on our own," he said reacting to Gen. Musharraf's utterances in an interview to NDTV.

Asked why India made the talks offer in the first place, Mr. Advani told BBC World's Hindi programme: "When we succeeded in holding free and fair polls in Jammu and Kashmir with a 45 per cent turnout and when the Prime Minister addressed a major public rally in Kashmir after several years, he thought it was an opportune moment to make a third effort towards peace."

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