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Publication: Sify News
Date: June 6, 2003
URL: http://headlines.sify.com/2151news4.html?headline=Pak~admits~armed~infiltration~into~India~from~its~soil
Pakistan says it is not in a position
to stop infilration even if it wanted and added it was taking place despite
government efforts. ''We are not in a position even if it is completely
wanted,'' Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said in an interview
to a private television channel.
On why Pakistan failed to return
even one wanted terrorist to India even though Islamabad had handed over
500 militants to the United States, Mr Kasuri said Pakistan and U S were
close allies for over 50 years.
''We were allies since Korean war,''
he said. ''Also there was a great deal of interaction between ISI and CIA
over the years whereas India and Pakistan fought three wars. It is unrealistic
to expect cooperation between intelligence agencies,'' he said.
Defying the presence of militant
camps in PoK, he said the LoC has been sealed and added ''there are no
terrorist training camps.
These are refugee camps.'' When
reminded about his statements in April this year about closure of camps,
Mr Kasuri said he only referred to camps which collected funds but were
not terrorist training camps.
Asked whether the Jamali government
would last till July and he would continue to be the Foreign Minister,
Mr Kasuri said, ''It looks like that, yes. I will be the Foreign Minister.''
On rumors Mr Musharaff would dissolve
the Parliament, he said, ''we are politicians. It does not matter whether
we are there or not. But we will be there. There will be elections in this
country.''
UNI
