It also hoped that the current political problems in Nepal are resolved though dialogue. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said terrorists should be asked to give up violence and join the dialogue process.
“...Everybody should advise terrorists to give up violence and join the dialogue process,’’ the minister said when asked his comments about General Musharraf’s statement.
The comments came two days after President Musharraf said in the garrison town of Rawalpindi that those who believed that violence was the only option left for Kashmir solution could not be taken on board.
Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, who last week returned from Pakistan, had also said the dialogue process be given a chance as only graveyards had been created in Kashmir because of violence.
Asked about the current political situation in Nepal, Mr Mukherjee said New Delhi was in touch with the Nepalese government and hoped that the problem would be resolved through peaceful means.
Earlier, in an oblique reference to China’s recent launch of a satellite-busting missile, the minister opposed weaponisation of outer space saying there was a thin line between current defence-related uses of space and its actual weaponisation.
“Recent developments show that we are treading a thin line between current defence-related uses of space and its actual weaponisation... There is a growing focus on space-based assets to support a variety of military force multipliers,’’ he said.
He said there was an increasing tendency to view space-based assets as critical national infrastructure to be protected or denied to potential adversaries.
— UNI
