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Talks ruled out

Musharraf's speech dangerous: India

REUTERS, New Delhi/Islamabad
India said yesterday Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's latest speech on the countries' military standoff over Kashmir was disappointing and dangerous and had stoked tensions rather than eased them.
Pakistan fired the last in a series of missile tests yesterday, just hours after Musharraf had said Pakistan did not want war but was ready to respond "with full might" if attacked.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was in Islamabad for talks on the tension that has pushed South Asia to the brink of war as Pakistan fired a short-range missile, its third test in four days.
Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, in India's first official response to Musharraf's speech late Monday, accused the Pakistani military leader of "belligerent posturing".
"(Musharraf's speech) ... is both disappointing and dangerous," Singh told a news conference.
"Disappointing as it merely repeats some earlier assurances that remain unfulfilled until today, and dangerous because through belligerent posturing tension has been added to, not reduced."
But Singh said India was sticking to its policy of not using nuclear weapons first. "India has not ever spoken about nuclear weapons. Its policy is clear, unambiguous and explicit," he told reporters. "It's no first use that remains the country's policy."
Pakistan has declined to rule out first use of nuclear weapons in response to a conventional attack.
Jaswant Singh also said he did not expect talks between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and President Musharraf at a regional summit in Kazakhstan next month.
'There is no possibility of third party talks between India and Pakistan,' he said.
Indian defence minister yesterday contested claims by Pak President that the two nuclear nations were poised for full-scale conflict. "We are not on the brink," George Fernandes said. "The fact is that troops are on the border, but to say that they are on the brink of war would not be proper."
"The danger of war is not yet over," he said in a toughly worded national address.
India says its patience with Pakistan is running out after an attack on its parliament in December and another attack on an army base in disputed Kashmir on may 14 which it blames on Pakistan-backed militants.
But it has been sending conflicting signals since Prime Minister Vajpayee told his troops last week to prepare for a "decisive fight", but then told a news conference he saw clear skies rather than war clouds.
Musharraf's speech also sent conflicting messages for different audiences, balancing a hawkish condemnation of Indian "atrocities" in Kashmir with a repeat of an appeal for dialogue.
Analysts say much of the rhetoric from both sides -- as well as the Pakistani missile tests -- is sabrerattling by leaders aimed at satisfying domestic hawks and shoring up their shaky political bases.
But fears have risen that with a million troops facing each other on the border, another strike by Muslim militants in India could push the two countries towards a war neither side wants.
"Epicentre of terrorism"
Musharraf condemned the attacks on India as acts of terrorism, but said there was no infiltration taking place by militants across the line that divides the two armies in Kashmir. He did, however, express support for Kashmir's "liberation struggle."
Musharraf, responding to New Delhi's charge that Islamabad sponsored the militants slipping across the border to attack India, said there were no cross-border infiltrations.
But Singh said Musharraf had failed to address the issue of what
India calls cross-border terrorism, describing Pakistan as "the epicentre of international terrorism".
Clear message
Although Pakistan has insisted its missile tests were routine, observers say they were clearly aimed at sending a message that Islamabad could meet any Indian attack with massive retaliation. Pakistan said in its final test it had successfully fired a 180-km range missile.
Musharraf said on Monday he wanted peace with honour, adding that neither side would win an easy victory in a war.
In comments to Reuters before leaving for Pakistan, British Foreign Minister Jack Straw said there was an urgent need to resolve tension to avoid a nuclear conflict, but he admitted his mission would be difficult.