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Pak adopting double stands on combating terrorism: Jaswant Singh

Onkar Singh in New Delhi

External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh on Monday told the Cabinet Committee on Security that Pakistan was adopting double standards on the issue of combating terrorism and that there was no change in its stand vis-à-vis terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

Singh briefed the CCS, which met on Monday morning, about the developments of the past few days, including the just concluded SAARC summit.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, in which the three service chiefs were also present, he ruled out talks with Pakistan saying there is no change in Islamabad's stand on cross-border terrorism.

"Pakistan adopts one yardstick when it comes to assisting Western countries in Afghanistan and a different one when it comes to combating terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir," Singh told the CCS.

"I had six meetings with Pakistan Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar during my four day stay in Kathmandu during the SAARC summit. I would like to emphasize that no substantive matter was discussed during the meetings," Singh said.

He also rejected Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf's claim of having a long informal meeting with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

About the documents the prime minister's principal adviser Brajesh Mishra handed over to Sattar, Jaswant Singh said that thousands of documents were exchanged during the SAARC summit and that it was difficult to say which specific paper Mishra was seen on television handing over to the Pakistani foreign minister.

Singh said the army chief had confirmed that one unmanned Pakistani spy plane had indeed been shot down by Indian ground forces.

He also clarified that another unmanned aircraft belonging to the Indian army had earlier crashed in the Jammu region and that these were two separate incidents.

Singh refused to comment on reports about the arrest of three Hamas men in Lucknow as he was yet to get the complete details.

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