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'Indo-Pak meet should agree on nuclear freeze'

Members of civil groups from both India and Pakistan on Satruday demanded that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf should agree on a nuclear freeze besides discussing the issue of Kashmir in the forthcoming summit.

"Beyond confidence building, the Vajpayee-Musharraf summit should agree on a nuclear freeze in the region in the wake of a grave potential for a nuclear conflagration between the two countries," said a joint statement of Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace and Pakistan Peace Coalition.

Concerned that a "conventional conflict" between India and Pakistan could escalate to the nuclear plane, the groups, which are meeting on July 12th, will submit their charter of demands on the global nuclear disarmament agenda to both the leaders.

The meeting, expected to be attended by more than 50 delegates from Pakistan and 120 from India, will also discuss specific issues such as Kashmir as also Indo-Pak relations in general, the release said.

PTI

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