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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pak proposes India to deactivate forward air bases</b>
Tue, 30 Dec, 2008,01:41 PM


Pakistan today asked India to send positive signals by deactivating its forward air bases and relocating ground troops to peace time positions, saying it is ready to cooperate in probing Mumbai attacks and bringing perpetrators of the crime to justice.

'If the forward airbases activated by India are deactivated, it will be a very positive signal,' Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in a brief address on state-run PTV.
   
Similarly, he proposed that ground forces which have been deployed to forward post should be relocated to peace time positions.
   
'This will be a positive signal and regional tensions will reduce,' he said, adding a good atmosphere will be created to take things forward.
   
Qureshi said there had been certain developments in the past 48 hours that Pakistan thinks augur well for the situation.
   
One of these developments was External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's comment that India had not given Pakistan any ultimatum with regard to the Mumbai terror attacks, he said.
   
'Neighbours can't solve problems through ultimatums. Problems can be solved only through dialogue in a peaceful atmosphere,' Qureshi said.
   
Another positive development was the direct contact over the weekend between the Directors General of Military Operations of the two countries as this will also help reduce tensions, he said.
   
Qureshi said Pakistan would cooperate fully with India once it shared evidence and information regarding the Mumbai attacks. India has asked Pakistan to crack down on these elements but Islamabad has said it cannot push forward its own investigation till New Delhi shares evidence and information on the terrorist incident.
 
Qureshi praised China, saying Beijing had backed Pakistan's approach of constructive engagement and made it clear that conflict is not in the interest of anyone.

China had also backed Pakistan's proposals to send a high-level delegation to India to defuse tensions and for a joint investigation of the Mumbai incident.

The Chinese and US governments too had been in touch with India and Pakistan to de-escalate the situation in the region. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had spoken to Zardari on phone over the past two days to help defuse situation, Qureshi said.
 
Senior Pakistani officials too held meetings with their US counterparts in Washington and presented the country's view on the situation that had arisen after the Mumbai attacks.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->