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153 印巴将讨论克什米尔领土及边界恐怖活动问题
India, Pakistan to Discuss Kashmir, Cross-Border Terrorism
Jim Teeple
New Delhi
12 Jul 2001 15:53 UTC
India says it will discuss the disputed 1)territory of Kashmir when the leaders of India and Pakistan meet at a summit in India in a few days time. India says it will also focus on what it calls "cross-border terrorism" in Kashmir, and does not have any "set proposal" to 2)resolve the 50-year-old dispute.
Jaswant Singh, who is both India's foreign and defense minister, says Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will have no 3)hesitation about discussing the issue of Kashmir when he sits down with Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf. "As in earlier years, on several earlier 4)occasions, India has not ever felt shy about engaging and talking to Pakistan about Jammu and Kashmir," said Mr. Singh. "Similarly, on this occasion, too, we have no difficulty about talking on Jammu and Kashmir, but we do not have any set 5)proposal on Jammu and Kashmir as such."
India and Pakistan both claim the territory of Kashmir in its 6)entirety. Two of the three wars India and Pakistan have fought have been over Kashmir. In recent days, Pakistan's president, General Musharraf, has said that the issue of how to resolve the Kashmir dispute should be the "core issue" at the summit. Mr. Singh says India's concerns will focus on what he calls "cross-border terrorism" in Kashmir. "This is very much an issue - cross border terrorism, the promotion of terrorism," he said. "And the infliction of this upon India is a continuing concern. There is no way that this concern has in any fashion been 7)diluted, or will not find 8)prominence in what we have to say."
A separatist 9)insurgency in India's state of Jammu and Kashmir has claimed more than 35,000 lives since 1989. Mr. Singh ruled out any summit discussions on a possible referendum for the disputed territory, saying Kashmir lies at the 10)core of Indian nationalism. Pakistan and Kashmir separatists have long called for the implementation of a 1948 U.N. resolution that says a 11)plebiscite should be held to determine the territory's future.
Mr. Singh says India will push for what he calls a "composite dialogue" on a wide range of issues with Pakistan, including measures to prevent a nuclear accident, proposals on trade and commerce, and the possible de-militarization of the Siachan Glacier, where both countries have armies facing each other at an elevation of 6,000 meters.
Mr. Singh also says he hopes the summit will lead to an 12)improved atmosphere between the two countries, saying if India and Pakistan can learn to live together as neighbors, it will be a "good thing."
(1) territory[5terItErI; (?@) -tC:rI]n.领土, 版图, 地域
(2) resolve[rI5zRlv]n.决心v.决心, 决定,解决vt.解决
(3) hesitation[hezI5teIF(E)n]n.犹豫, 踌躇
(4) occasion[E5keIV(E)n]n.场合, 时机, 机会
(5) proposal[prE5pEJz(E)l]n.提议, 建议
(6) entirety[In5taIEtI]n.全部, 完全
(7) dilute[daI5lju:t; (?@) daI5lju:t]v.冲淡, 稀释adj.淡的, 弱的, 稀释的
(8) prominence[5prRmInEns]n.突出, 显著, 突出物
(9) insurgency[In`s:dVEnsI]n.叛乱, 叛乱状态,
(10) core[ kR:(r)]n.果核, 中心, 核心
(11) plebiscite[5plebIsIt]n.平民制定法, 公民投票
(12) improved adj.改良的
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