[Reader-list] J&K Militants are terrorists : Pakistan President

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On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> An interesting and important statement from Pakistan President .........
>
> http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/06/stories/2008100650100100.htm
>
> New York: Declaring that India is not a "threat" to his country, Pakistan
> President Asif Ali Zardari has described the militants operating in Jammu
> and Kashmir as "terrorists," the first such admission by any top Pakistani
> leader.
>
> "India has never been a threat to Pakistan. I, for one, and our democratic
> government is not scared of Indian influence abroad," Mr. Zardari told *Wall
> Street Journal* in an interview.
>
> He spoke of the militant groups operating in Kashmir as "terrorists," the
> paper said, noting that former President Pervez Musharraf would more likely
> have called them "freedom fighters."
>
> Indicating a major shift in Pakistan's well-known position, Mr. Zardari had,
> as chief of the Pakistan People's Party, said in March that the ties between
> the two countries should not be held "hostage" to the Kashmir issue, which
> should be left for future generations to decide, raising hackles at home.
>
> The latest positive signals from Mr. Zardari come days after his maiden
> meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on the sidelines of the UN
> General Assembly meeting.
>
> Replying to a question, Mr. Zardari said he had no objection to the
> India-U.S. nuclear deal so long as Pakistan was treated "at par."
>
> "Why would we grudge the largest democracy in the world getting friendly
> with one of the oldest democracies?" he said.
>
> While seeking better ties with New Delhi, he noted that "there is no other
> economic survival for nations like us. We have to trade with our neighbours
> first." — PTI
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