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'No more concessions to India for resuming talks'
Friday, January 10 2003 14:26 Hrs (IST)

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



Kashmir is NOT negotiable



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