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We will get a solution: Jamali

V S Chandrasekar and V Mohan Narayan | January 06, 2004 15:37 IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday said he will visit India whenever he is required to or is asked to, but in his capacity as SAARC chairman, he said, he will visit all member countries in the region.

Speaking to reporters at the conclusion of the three-day South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in Islamabad, he expressed satisfaction at all that was achieved at the three-day event.

Asked whether in the interest of making progress in SAARC, the Kashmir issue was being kept locked in a box, he said: "It [the box] is not locked. President Musharraf and Prime Minister [Atal Bihari] Vajpayee have the master key and they can open whenever they desire."

Replying to a volley of questions on Indo-Pak relations, terrorism and Kashmir, Jamali said terrorism is a problem faced by all countries in the region and the SAARC members have agreed on the need to tackle that effectively.

"There is need for peace and we need to sit together to discuss all questions related to it. I am confident that we will get a solution to it which is what we have decided at the summit," he said.

Asked about President Musharraf's suggestion for amendment of the SAARC charter to include taking up of bilateral issues, he said this cannot be done by any one country.

On his talks with Vajpayee, he said: "Many things were discussed."

 


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