From: "cpimllib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CPI(ML) Statement on President Musharraf's Address to his Nation > Press Release > __________ > > CPI(ML) General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya's statement > on Musharraf's address to his nation and the response of India > > > VAJPAYEE MUST RESPOND POSITIVELY TO MUSHARRAF'S OFFER > > Delhi, 13 January. > In his televised address yesterday, President Musharraf has come out > strongly against religious fundamentalism and terrorist violence. He has > banned Pak-based militant organisations like Lashkar-e-Taiba and > Jaish-e-Mohammad and has once again called for a negotiated political > settlement of the Kashmir problem. We call upon the Vajpayee government to > make a positive response and engage Pakistan in a serious and comprehensive > dialogue. > On its part, the government of India must stop whipping up war hysteria and > Army officials must not be allowed to make provocative announcements to the > media. War of any kind is not an affordable or acceptable option to the > people of either India or Pakistan. Both countries must be prevented from > going to war and pressurised to return to the negotiating table. > There is absolutely no need for any third party intervention, and least of > all American intervention, in the bilateral affairs of India and Pakistan. > We call upon the Vajpayee government to reverse its present policy of > weakening diplomatic relations with Pakistan in the name of mounting a > diplomatic offensive. India must restore direct and full-scale diplomatic > ties with Pakistan and stop treating the US as the arbiter of Indo-Pak > relations. > We appeal to the peace-loving people of both India and Pakistan to oppose > the forthcoming visit of Colin Powell, the self-appointed American mediator, > to our subcontinent. In India CPI(ML) will organise countrywide > Powell-Go-Back demonstrations on January 18. > ________________________________________________________________ > > http://www.cpiml.org > ______________________________________________________________ > _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
