DATE=7/7/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-235075
TITLE=INDIA-PAKISTAN (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  INDIAN PRIME MINISTER ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE SAYS HE WANTS 
BROAD KASHMIR DISCUSSIONS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ 
SHARIF WHEN THEY MEET LATER THIS MONTH.  NEW DELHI CORRESPONDENT 
DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN REPORTS.

TEXT:  THE PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN ARE EXPECTED TO 
MEET LATE THIS MONTH AT A SUMMIT OF THE SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION 
FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION IN SRI LANKA.  MR. VAJPAYEE TOLD 
PARLIAMENT THAT FULL TALKS WILL BE HELD.

            // VAJPAYEE ACT / HINDI... FADE UNDER // 

HE SAYS PAKISTAN IS STRESSING KASHMIR SHOULD BE THE PROMINENT 
ISSUE, AND TERRORISM AND SENDING ARMED MILITANTS INTO INDIAN 
KASHMIR SHOULD ALSO BE DISCUSSED.  HE SAYS THIS ISSUE CONCERNS 
INDIA'S PEACE AND SECURITY.

INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAVE FOUGHT TWO WARS OVER KASHMIR, A DISPUTED 
TERRITORY DIVIDED BETWEEN THEM.  NEW DELHI ACCUSES PAKISTAN OF 
ARMING AND TRAINING MILITANTS FIGHTING IN INDIAN KASHMIR, BUT 
ISLAMABAD DENIES THIS.

MONDAY, PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER GOHAR AYUB KHAN MET WITH SRI 
LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAKSHMAN KADIRGAMAR.  A STATEMENT FROM 
PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN INDIA AND 
PAKISTAN SHOULD ADDRESS THE CORE ISSUE OF KASHMIR. 

TALKS BETWEEN THE FOREIGN SECRETARIES OF BOTH COUNTRIES BROKE 
DOWN LAST YEAR, AFTER PAKISTAN INSISTED A CENTRAL WORKING GROUP 
FOR KASHMIR BE CREATED.  MR. VAJPAYEE SAYS HE HOPES HIS MEETING 
WITH MR. SHARIF WILL RESOLVE THE QUESTION OF HOW TO RESTART THE 
TALKS.   (SIGNED)

NEB/RAE

07-Jul-98 7:01 AM EDT (1101 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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