MESSAGE BOARD NEWSLINKS US EDITION COLUMNISTS DIARY SPECIALS INTERVIEWS CAPITAL BUZZ REDIFF POLL DEAR REDIFF ELECTIONS ARCHIVES SEARCH REDIFF
"Excellency, Thank you for your letter of 24 May 2001. I accept your invitation to me, and my wife, to visit India with great pleasure.
Pakistan has always sought to establish tension-free and co-operative relations with India, so that our two peoples may be able to devote their resources and energies to the task of economic and social development. We wish to see a stable and prosperous India at peace with its neighbours.
At the beginning of the new century, our two countries must do their utmost to overcome the legacy of distrust and hostility, in order to build a brighter future for our peoples.
The root cause of tension between our two countries is the unresolved Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
I, therefore, look forward to sincere and candid discussions with you to resolve the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
We are ready to discuss all other outstanding issues between our two countries as well.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.
General Pervez Musharraf
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