2. Pakistan View of Summit
Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf hinted at the possible
steps that he and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee could take
at their forthcoming summit meeting to begin addressing the Kashmir
issue. He reiterated the need for both countries to go beyond their
publicly declared stands on the issue, to keep an open mind, to
demonstrate flexibility and to shun rigidity.
"Musharraf seeks win-win solution for Kashmir"
Abbas Sarfaraz Khan, Pakistan Minister for Kashmir Affairs, said that
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will bring only a small delegation
to his summit meeting in India to underline his determination to focus
on the Kashmir dispute. Khan stated, "It's going to be a small team,
it's going to be primarily focused upon the matter at hand, the
fundamentals of the problem."
"No solution expected at first meeting: Pakistan to work for peace"
Former foreign ministers, retired generals and intellectuals who called
on President Gen Pervez Musharraf underlined the need to focus the
Kashmir issue in the forthcoming talks with India. There was a consensus
at the meeting that without the resolution of core issue of Kashmir,
normalization of relations with India was not possible.
"Musharraf consults experts, ex-generals"