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CCS discusses J&K talks, Pak peace process
July 16, 2004 22:21 IST
Last Updated: July 16, 2004 23:09 IST
The Cabinet Committee on Security on Friday discussed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the ongoing peace process with Pakistan.
"The CCS noted the presentations made by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh," Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters after a three-hour meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Asked whether the proposed talks between the Centre and the Hurriyat Conference figured at the meeting, Mukherjee said, "The talks will continue."
"We discussed and reviewed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and also reviewed the discussion going on between India and Pakistan," he said.
He said the External Affairs Minister briefed the meeting about the discussions he had with his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokar.
He also briefed the meeting about Indo-Pak talks on the Nuclear Confidence Building Measures with that country.
Asked about reports that terrorist camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir had become active, the Defence Minister said that was public knowledge.
The National Security Adviser J N Dixit, Army chief N C Vij, Centre's pointman on Kashmir N N Vohra, besides other senior officials, attended the meet.