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Islamabad: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said on July 12 that Pakistan would not sideline the resolution of Kashmir issue while attempting to resolve all other issues with India and called for minimum deterrence in conventional and non-conventional defence forces to deter any aggression.

"We want resolution of all disputes - that does not mean that we will ever sideline the Kashmir dispute. Kashmir has to be resolved; we want resolution of all issues including Kashmir dispute," he said while addressing engineers and officers of Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), which supplies different weapon systems to Pakistan armed forces.

He said before the resolution of disputes, Pakistan has to adhere to a strategy of maintaining minimum deterrence.

"We have to deter war, we have to prevent war through a no-win situation, by showing the enemy a no- win situation, not only that but a situation where they may be defeated even in a war or conflict. That is the minimum deterrence I am talking of, and that is the deterrence we have to maintain," he said.

"We will never compromise on our honour and dignity, we don't want war but peaceful resolution of all disputes," he added.

PTI