India and Pakistan should resolve the Kashmir issue to prevent the repetition of Kargil-type incidents, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf [Images] has said.

In a detailed reply to an e-mail query sent by an Indian to his Presidential website, Musharraf said India and Pakistan could establish close ties if the Kashmir issue was resolved.

When his views were sought on the reunification of India and Pakistan, he said it was not 'possible'.

Denying he was shy of speaking about Kargil, Musharraf said, "I do not want to enter into a debate [on] who won and who lost. Neither your people will accept nor ours, we will end up debating it."

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Claiming that India had 'misquoted' the casualty figures during the Kargil war, which according to him was 'very high', he said media reports spoke of several 'problems' faced by the Indian army during the conflict.

The Kargil war must be seen in its entire complexity of the dispute of Kashmir in Kashmir. Kargil was the result of several 'intrusions' by India after the Shimla Accord, he said.