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Infiltration didn`t figure in talks with Bush: Mush
Islamabad, Sept 14: While the US said it has `pushed` President Pervez Musharraf `hard` to stop cross-border infiltration, the Pakistani military ruler on Saturday claimed that the issue did not figure at all in his talks with President George W Bush in New York.
Islamabad, Sept 14: While the US said it has "pushed" President Pervez Musharraf "hard" to stop cross-border infiltration, the Pakistani military ruler on Saturday claimed that the issue did not figure at all in his talks with President George W Bush in New York.
"They believe our words and the US has not talked about the issue of infiltration during this visit as claimed by the Indian National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra," Musharraf told reporters in New York before leaving for home, according to Pakistan's official news agency APP. American officials, after the Bush-Musharraf talks on Thursday, had said "the (US) President pushed the Pakistanis hard on the question of infiltration across the Line of Control."
"We hope that an end to infiltration will create the atmosphere that would lead to resumption of dialogue between the two countries," the officials had said.
Mishra told Indian journalists in New York on Friday that US had given a very "hard message" to Musharraf to stop infiltration and sponsoring violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
Musharraf claimed that US leadership understands the Pakistan position on the issue of cross border infiltration across the LoC and that there was no area of disagreement between the two countries. "There was no area of disagreement and there was full unanimity of views," he said.
Reacting to the Prime Minister A B Vajpayee's speech in the UN, in which he accused Pakistan of nuclear blackmail, he said the Indian agrument was "illogical".
Bureau Report
"They believe our words and the US has not talked about the issue of infiltration during this visit as claimed by the Indian National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra," Musharraf told reporters in New York before leaving for home, according to Pakistan's official news agency APP. American officials, after the Bush-Musharraf talks on Thursday, had said "the (US) President pushed the Pakistanis hard on the question of infiltration across the Line of Control."
"We hope that an end to infiltration will create the atmosphere that would lead to resumption of dialogue between the two countries," the officials had said.
Mishra told Indian journalists in New York on Friday that US had given a very "hard message" to Musharraf to stop infiltration and sponsoring violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
Musharraf claimed that US leadership understands the Pakistan position on the issue of cross border infiltration across the LoC and that there was no area of disagreement between the two countries. "There was no area of disagreement and there was full unanimity of views," he said.
Reacting to the Prime Minister A B Vajpayee's speech in the UN, in which he accused Pakistan of nuclear blackmail, he said the Indian agrument was "illogical".
Bureau Report