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This is an archive article published on May 22, 2003

Govt no to joint border patrol

New Delhi today rejected Islamabad’s suggestion for international monitoring of the borders to check infiltration on the grounds that t...

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New Delhi today rejected Islamabad’s suggestion for international monitoring of the borders to check infiltration on the grounds that there was a lack of ‘‘sufficient trust’’ between the two countries.

On the peace overtures, an MEA spokesman said India had already made two proposals and it was awaiting a reciprocal response from Islamabad. On the offer to jointly monitor borders, he said: ‘‘We have been saying nobody knows the terrain better than India and Pakistan. There is a possibility of joint monitoring in case of sufficient amount of trust.’’

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