- India today rejected Pakistan's demand for de-escalation
on the border asserting it would continue to take whatever steps are
necessary
to defend our interests till there was "satisfactory improvement"
of the situation on ending cross-border terrorism.
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- Asked what India's response was to Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf's statement that New Delhi must take steps to de-escalate
the situation, an External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said, "We
stand exactly where we stood before." She said "the steps we
have taken are precautionary measures which we are perfectly entitled to
take in the defence of our sovereign national interest".
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- India has "time and again" emphasised the need
for Pakistan to stop infiltration and put an end to cross-border terrorism,
she said. "Until and unless we see an end to that and satisfactory
improvement on that front, we would continue to take whatever steps are
necessary to defend our interests," she said.
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- US Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to External
Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh in Madrid yesterday and briefed him on the
ongoing visit of Musharraf to the U S. Powell also spoke about a speech
to be made by President George W Bush on climate change initiatives, the
spokesperson said.
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