Author: PTI
Publication: The Daily Excelsior
Date: May 29, 2003
URL: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/03may29/news.htm#9
Despite peace moves by India towards
Pakistan, there is no let-up in infiltration efforts from across the border,
Chief of Army General N C Vij said today.
"On their (Pakistan's) part, intent
and efforts (to push through infiltrators) are continuing. The rate of
success may have dropped", Vij said in a brief chat with reporters on the
sidelines of inauguration of Army College of Dental Sciences (ACDS) on
the city outskirts.
Asked whether tensions on the border
had eased as a fall-out of the ongoing peace moves, Vij said "there is
no let-up in infiltration efforts. If the number has come down, it is because
of our effective monitoring and interception".
Vij gave a guarded reply when asked
about the proposal for sending troops to Iraq on a peace-keeping mission.
"The Government is deliberating on the matter. I cannot comment on it till
the Government takes a decision", he said.
Asked whether he felt the current
peace initiatives would yield desired results, the Army Chief said "one
should always be optimistic".
