Islamabad: Accusing the Indian leadership of suffering from an "attitudinal"
problem, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he is not prepared to "grant
any more concessions" on Kashmir issue that could convince India to resume bilateral
talks and hoped that the international community would prevail on New Delhi in this
regard.
"The ball is now in Indian court. Pakistan is not ready to grant more concessions to
India," he told local daily 'Pakistan Observer' in an interview, claiming that he
has "done enough" for India to resume talks.
He said the Indian leaders were "slaves to a mindset" and struck by an attitudinal
problem.
"We need some external diplomacy to bring India back on talks table," he said
adding, "Attitudinal change in Indian leaders was what Pakistan is very eagerly
looking for. This can be facilitated only by international community."
He expressed hope that Indian government would respond positively to offer of talks
by Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali.
Ruling out any chances of him going to India for talks he said it was now the duty
of the Prime Minister to pick up the threads that were left at Agra. "But again it
takes two to clap. Unless Indians invite Jamali for talks, how can he move forward
for the normalisation of relations," he said.
Musharraf also said he was very much disappointed about the "lack of support" from
the Muslim world to the Kashmir issue.
"I am not satisfied with the Ummah's support to Kashmir cause. I have been voicing
it everywhere," he said claiming that Pakistan has been doing so much for the
Palestinian cause.
PTI