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India rejects Bush's offer of facilitation

New Delhi on Thursday rejected Washington's offer to facilitate resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue and asserted that there is no room for third party involvement.

India also asserted that all outstanding issues between New Delhi and Islamabad have to be addressed through bilateral talks.

"The position of the Government of India is quite clearly stated. It is for India and Pakistan to address the outstanding issues between them through bilateral dialogue. There is really no room for any third party involvement in this process," external affairs ministry spokesperson Nirupama Rao told reporters.

She was asked for India's reaction to United States President George Bush's remarks on Wednesday after he held talks with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.

"I hope we can facilitate serious and meaningful dialogue between India and Pakistan," Bush told reporters at a joint press conference with Musharraf.

Musharraf had pleaded for US mediation or facilitation on the ground that "bilateralism" has failed to bring about any solution to the protracted Kashmir problem.

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