Govt security meeting, reax on Kashmir, Karachi attack

Описание: (14 Jun 2002)

1. Wide shot, cars at Prime minister's house
2. Defence officials coming out of security review meeting
3. Foreign minister Jaswant Singh and Defence minister George Fernandes coming out of meeting
4. Wide shot Jaswant Singh with reporters after meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (English ) Jaswant Singh, Indian Foreign Minister:
"I have learnt of this very sad and very regrettable incident that we condemn fully . I am really grieved and unhappy that this activity, yet another terrorist activity of suicide-bomb variety has taken place in Karachi. We, of course, entirely sympathise with the victims and our condolences go to all the families of the relatives of those that have been affected by this."
6. Cutaway, reporters
7. SOUNDBITE (English ) Jaswant Singh, Indian Foreign Minister:
"There is no proposal for any other forces from any country other than Indian forces to be on the Line of Control."
8. Wide shot, Singh speaking
9. SOUNDBITE (English ) Jaswant Singh, Indian Foreign Minister:
"There was a proposal about (electronic) sensors to be placed on the Line of Control - this is a matter that will now be discussed between the Ministry of Defence and the government of the United States of America - the technical parts of it - how it is to be done, who does it, etcetra."
10. Defence minister Fernandes leaving
11. Interior minister Lal Krishna Advani leaving in car
12. SOUNDBITE (English ) Jaswant Singh, Indian Foreign Minister:
"The situation is pregnant with possibilities ...thank You."
13. Cutaway, cameraman
14. Singh walking out of Prime minister's house

STORYLINE:

India has condemned a suicide-bomb attack outside the US Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday.

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee met with top Cabinet, intelligence and military officials on Friday to review the situation on the India-Pakistan border.

No diplomatic measures were announced to ease the ongoing stand-off with nuclear-rival and neighbour Pakistan, although tensions appear to have eased since this weeks visit to both countries by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

As he left for Washington on Thursday after two days of shuttle diplomacy between New Delhi and Islamabad, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had urged a halt to all artillery and mortar fire across the disputed Kashmir frontier.

When asked about Rumsfeld's suggested shelling halt, Foreign minister Jaswant Singh said India will examine all options and take action at an appropriate time.

After a month of heavy exchanges that increased fears of a fourth war between the two nations, shelling stopped on Thursday, and the calm - punctured only by sporadic small-arms fire - continued into Friday.

The military standoff between the South Asian rivals came after a terror attack on 13 December on the Indian Parliament that New Delhi blamed on Pakistan-based Islamic groups and Islamabad's spy agency. Pakistan has denied involvement.

There are 1 (m) million troops deployed along the frontier, all-ground and air transportation has been cut off, and neither country has an ambassador in the other's capital.

Between visits to the subcontinent by US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage last week and Rumsfeld this week - both aimed at easing tensions between India and Pakistan - New Delhi lifted a six-month ban on Pakistani aircraft flying over Indian space and pulled back warships from positions close to Pakistani waters.

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