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India rejects no-war pact offer New Delhi, January 24 New Delhi’s “stand is that nuclear weapons should be banished from the entire globe. Denuclearisation of India and Pakistan will have no meaning,” Minister of State for External Affairs Omar Abdullah told PTI. He was responding to a question on President Musharraf’s remarks in an interview to NBC TV that he was prepared to accept denuclearisation of South Asia and sign a no-war pact with India. On a no-war pact, Mr Abdullah said since 1947 it was always Pakistan which had launched aggression against India, including the 1999 Kargil incursions. “Now, Pakistan is suggesting such a pact when it has been the aggressor. It will have been good if Islamabad had offered along with it a ‘no-terrorism’ (accord),” he said. Asked if Pakistan had sent its much touted list of criminals it wanted from India, Mr Abdullah said no such document has so far been received. “I think that after External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh’s announcement that New Delhi would quickly act on such a list, Pakistan had put the issue in cold storage,” he said adding that India was committed to taking immediate action if such a list is sent. Asked to comment on the reported statement of General Musharraf made during the course of an interview to an American TV channel, Ms Nirupama Rao, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, said: “There is nothing new in it. Pakistan has stated this many a time earlier. Our position is absolutely clear. It is necessary for Pakistan to stop its proxy war immediately.” In response to a question on General Musharraf’s remark that he was willing for complete denuclearisation of South Asia, Ms Rao said Pakistan had made a similar suggestion earlier also even though it was engaged in clandestine procurement of nuclear material and know-how. 
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Resume talks, Annan urges India,
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Islamabad, January 24 Addressing a joint press conference here with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar, Mr Annan said the world did not want another crisis and there was enormous support from the international community to see the tension between the two countries defused. He appreciated Pakistan’s efforts to eliminate terrorism and praised President Musharraf. Mr Annan asked Pakistan to press on with sustained and determined action against terrorist outfits and offered his “good offices” in resolving the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan if the two countries wished so. “What is needed are two things — sustained and determined action against extremist groups of the kind announced by President Pervez Musharraf and equally sustained and determined dialogue between Pakistan and India to resolve differences by peaceful means. There is enormous support from the international community for this twin track,” he said. Mr Annan said the implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions, including that of Kashmir, was not possible without the consent of both parties.
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Pak elections
in October Islamabad, January 24 General Musharraf has said he plans to remain in office for five years after the new Parliament takes office.
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