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India / Pakistan conflict, statement, 14 June 1999



(South Asians Against Nukes)
PRESS RELEASE 14 June 1999



A General Body meeting of Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace & Democracy, Sindh Chapter, held on 13th June 1999 at Hotel Embassy, Karachi expressed grave concern at the fast-deteriorating state of relations between Pakistan and India. In a resolution adopted unanimously, the Forum expressed dismay at the fact that so soon after the much-applauded Delhi-Lahore bus ride of Vajpayee and the Lahore Declaration of friendship by the two Prime Ministers, the two countries are engaged in a mini-war along the LOC in Kashmir.

The Forum noted that irrespective of which of the two governments made the first move in Kargil Sector, one thing that cannot be denied is that neither the people of Pakistan nor the people of India were taken into confidence by their respective governments in triggering such a dangerous development along the LOC that has the potential to spark a nuclear war in South Asia with all its horrendous consequences, for the more than 1 billion human beings inhabiting the subcontinent.

The Forum called for an immediate ceasefire, withdrawl of all combatants to their original positions, and strict observance of the Line of Control and the provisions of the Simla Accord. The Forum urged the Governments of Pakistan and India not to engulf the subcontinent in a nuclear holocaust but resume the bilateral dialogue to find a peaceful solution to all disputes, above all the Kashmir issue based on the freely expressed will of the people of Kashmir, because peace between Pakistan and India is the key to democracy, freedom and progress in South Asia.

Released by,

B. M. Kutty
Secretary,
Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace & Democracy, Sindh Chapter

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