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No meddling to save Musharraf, says US

AP, Karachi
A senior US envoy promised Thursday that Washington would not interfere in Pakistan's politics to save longtime ally President Pervez Musharraf, but he was cautious on the new government's hopes to talk peace with proTalibanforces.
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte offered little defence for Musharraf, the former army general whose help in combatting Islamic extremists was deemed crucial by Washington after the Sept. 11 attack on the United States.
Any debate "with regard to the issue of his status is something that will have to be addressed by
the internal Pakistani political process." Negroponte said, allud ing to calls for Musharraf to resign and an impeachment threat from an incoming government bent on slashing presidential powers.
"We will certainly respect whatever is decided in that regard,” the diplomat told reporters in Karachi, the southern city that is Pakistan's business centre.
It was a clear indication Washington has shifted from its singular reliance on Musharraf in relations with this nuclear-armed Islamic nation, where voters repudiated the president's allies and handed his opponents a resounding victory in parliamentary elections last month.
Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher met (his week with Musharrafs foes, who are setting up a governing coalition after winning (he most seats in the Feb. 18 voting.
Partners in the new government have suggested dialogue with pro-Taliban groups that are blamed for the country's escalating violence an approach that has drawn criticism from Washington, which has provided about $10 billion in aid to Pakistan since 2001.
Negroponte said he did not see how it would be possible to hold discussions with some "irreconcilable elements who want to destroy our way of life."
"I don't see how you can talk to these kinds of people," he said.
But he added that he thought some religious hard liners could be persuaded to take part in the democratic process.
Negroponte did not identify who the United States considers ■’irreconcilable" a potential source of dispute with Pakistan's new government Pressed on the issue, he said he had not discussed "tactics" In his meetings with incoming leaders.
While Pakistan is unlikely to entertain the possibility of talks with foreign militants linked to al-Qaida, the government could be willing to negotiate with proTaliban fighters mounting attacks on Pakistani security forces and photo up
suspected of attacks in Afghanistan