Berita tentang "confidence building'" antara India dan Pakistan
ini, adalah beberapa diantara berita yang menimbulkan rasa
gembira akhir-akhir ini - disamping perundingan antara Palestina
dan Israel dan penyelesaian masaalah Sudan Selatan...dan masaalah
Aceh.
Makin banyak pertikaian yang diselesaikan dengan perundingan
akan makin mempercepat dibangunnya dunia yang manusiawi dan
dicapainya kemakmurak yag merata dimuka bumi ini...
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Landmark Kashmir bus link agreed
India and Pakistan have agreed to launch a landmark bus service
across the ceasefire line dividing Kashmir between the nuclear
rivals.
The deal was announced after a meeting between the two Indian
and Pakistani foreign ministers in Islamabad.
The two sides have also agreed to begin discussions on reducing
the risk of nuclear accidents.
The agreements are aimed at giving a new boost to a peace
process that began more than a year ago.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri says the bus service
linking the capitals of Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir is
likely to start on 7 April.
"We have agreed between us on mutually acceptable procedures
for establishing a bus service between Srinagar and Muzzafarabad,"
Natwar Singh said at a joint press conference in Islamabad.
The route would allow travel for thousands of divided families living
on either side of the Line of Control that divides Kashmir between
the two countries.
I'm convinced that cooperation between our two countries is not just a desire
and an objective, it is an imperative
Natwar Singh
The talks had been deadlocked by a disagreement over India's insistence that
passports be used as travel documents, which Pakistan says would compromise
Kashmir's disputed status.
The two sides have now agreed to use entry permits in place of passports once
identities of the travellers are verified.
Consulates
The two sides also say they are planning another bus service between the
Pakistani city of Lahore and the Indian city of Amritsar and a rail link
between the provinces of Sindh and Rajasthan.
They are also discussing reopening their consulates in the cities of Karachi
and Mumbai (Bombay), the ministers said.
Mr Singh said India has also agreed to consider a proposal to build a gas
pipeline from Iran to India, through Pakistan.
Natwar Singh's visit is the first bilateral trip to Pakistan by an Indian
foreign minister in 15 years.
He said the two sides had made a lot of progress over the past year.
"I'm convinced that cooperation between our two countries is not just a desire
and an objective, it is an imperative," he said.
Previous peace attempts have stumbled over the long-running Kashmir dispute,
which has resulted in two wars between India and Pakistan.
Last month, both sides accused each other of violating a 15-month ceasefire
along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir.
Pakistan also opposes Indian plans to construct a dam in the Himalayas, saying
it will deprive its own territory of water for agriculture.
The issue of Pakistan's concerns over the use of Ahmedabad in India's Gujarat
state - the scene of religious riots in 2002 - as a venue for matches on its
upcoming cricket tour was also being discussed, as was the resched
uling of a regional forum postponed this month.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/4268121.stm
Published: 2005/02/16 11:34:12 GMT
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