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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday welcomed the US move to despatch a special envoy to the region to ease India-Pakistan tensions saying a mediator was required for the two countries.
Asked to comment on a American proposal to appoint a special envoy for India and Pakistan to ease their tensions, Musharraf said he believed that the two countries could not resolve their problems bilaterally.
"You call it third party or mediator or facilitation. There is a requirement of the involvement of some other party, which can facilitate the resolving of what I call the conflict between India and Pakistan," he said.
External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh had said on Saturday that a US envoy was not necessary to deal with the stand-off between India and Pakistan.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell had said early this week that Washington was considering a proposal to send a special envoy to the region.
Powell had said the tensions in the region was 'still dangerous' despite some positive signs. Top state department officials like Richard Armitage and Richard Haas are among the names being considered for the special assignment.
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