Islamabad: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah
Khan Jamali discussed External Affairs Minister Yaswant Sinha's remarks on pre-
emptive military action, saying any "misadventure" by India could be met with full
force.
After two days of strong statements denouncing Sinha's statement asserting that New
Delhi has a better right to take pre-emptive action against Pakistan than United
States against Iraq, Jamali met Musharraf last night and discussed impact of the
remarks.
"Both leaders discussed matters which included the threat of pre-emptive strike by
India against Pakistan," local daily 'Dawn' quoted officials as saying.
During the meeting, Musharraf informed Jamali about the state of preparedness of the
armed forces saying that any misadventure by India would be met with full force, the
daily said.
They agreed that anti-Pakistan statements by the Indian leaders were meant to win
the forthcoming elections in 11 Indian states, the officials told the daily.
Pakistan has already reacted sharply to Sinha's statement that Pakistan's armed
forces were fully prepared to retaliate any military strikes by India.
Besides the India-Pakistan standoff, Jamali and Musharraf also discussed the Iraq
war and its impact on Pakistan. The two expressed their "serious concern" over the
war on Iraq and said Pakistan should continue to work closely with France, Germany
Russia and China to achieve the United Nations' centrality over Iraq crisis.
The two also discussed food and relief supplies to be sent to war ravaged Iraq.
PTI