INDIA/PAKISTAN: INDIA WARNS PAKISTAN THAT IT WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR ANY FURTHER INFILTRATION IN KASHMIR
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INDIA/PAKISTAN: INDIA WARNS PAKISTAN THAT IT WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR ANY FURTHER INFILTRATION IN KASHMIR
- Title: INDIA/PAKISTAN: INDIA WARNS PAKISTAN THAT IT WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR ANY FURTHER INFILTRATION IN KASHMIR
- Date: 22nd June 1999
- Summary: DRASS, JAMMU AND KASHMIR (JUNE 22, 1999) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF INDIAN SOLDIERS MOVING WITH WEAPONS (3 SHOTS) LV ARMY HELICOPTER FLIES IN VARIOUS OF AN ARTILLERY GUN/ FIRING (2 SHOTS) LV MOUNTAINS VARIOUS OF ARMY TRUCKS MOVING ALONG ROAD (2 SHOTS) NEW DELHI, INDIA (JUNE 23, 1999) (REUTERS) SV V.P. MALIK, INDIAN ARMY CHIEF ADDRESSING A PRESSER IN NEW DELHI WS/SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) MALIK SAYING: "Whatever the Prime Minster of Pakistan, or their other leaders and military commanders may say, we have no doubt that the present operation was conceived, planned and executed by Pakistani Army Regulars. At the military to military level, the involvement of Pakistani Army Regulars has been denied by Pakistan. This is an armed intrusion into our territory, we are treating it and will treat it as such" / MV/SV MEDIA (4 SHOTS) LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (JUNE 23, 1999) (REUTERS) WS INDIA'S HOME MINISTER LAL KRISHNA ADVANI ADDRESSING A NEWS CONFERENCE MV/SV REPORTERS (2 SHOTS) SV (SOUNDBITE) (English) ADVANI SAYING "If Pakistan tries to escalate this conflict, Pakistan would have to pay a stupendous price for any such action." RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (JUNE 22, 1999) (REUTERS) SV PAKISTANI PREMIER NAWAZ SHARIF BEING RECEIVED BY ARMY OFFICIALS ON ARRIVAL AT ARMY HEADQUARTERS MV SHARIF SITTING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER SARTAJ AZIZ AND OTHER OFFICIALS SV ARMY OFFICIAL ADDRESSING GATHERING VARIOUS SHARIF SITTING WITH AZIZ AND OTHER OFFICIALS LISTENING (8 SHOTS)
- Embargoed: 5th December 2014 15:18
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- Location: DRASS AND KARGIL, JAMMU AND KASHMIR; NEW DELHI, INDIA/ RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN
- City:
- Country: Pakistan India
- Topics: Conflict,General,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVASPVIFJ81KTQK285JKJE1UJNU
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Story Text: India has warned Pakistan that it would pay a high price for further infiltration in Kashmir.
Pressing its drive to wrest control of strategic Himalayan heights from guerrillas, New Delhi said on Wednesday (June 23) there could be no peace talks until the raiders had retreated behind the military line of control with its nuclear rival.
Indian Army Chief V.P.Malik said "Pakistan's overall military design" to sever a key road, running through northern Kashmir and overlooked by the snow-capped peaks, had been foiled.
Indian Home (Interior) Minister Lal Krishna Advani said India should be prepared for any eventuality including war with Pakistan.
Advani said the conflict, centred on Kargil in the north of the territory, was "almost like an undeclared war".
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif renewed his call for peace talks but accused India of adopting a threatening posture by amassing troops along the border.He said hopes of peace were fading.
Indian officials displayed a wide range of arms, ammunition and equipment they said was captured last week from guerrilla infiltrators in Kashmir, and held them up as proof of Pakistani involvement in their part of the disputed region.
The two nuclear-capable neighbours are conducting their fiercest military standoff over the Himalayan territory of Kashmir in almost three decades.
Last month India launched an air and ground offensive to flush out what New Delhi says are Pakistan-backed infiltrators on its side of the control line with Pakistan.
Islambad says they are Kashmiri freedom fighters opposing Indian rule. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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