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India welcomes lifting of Emergency

"It is a welcome decision by the President (of Pakistan)," said External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Updated on: Dec 15, 2007 07:59 PM IST
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External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee welcomed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's decision to lift the emergency in that country. "It is a welcome decision by the President (of Pakistan)", Mukherjee told reporters in Raipur.

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"But this is an internal matter of Pakistan and India's stand is not to comment on others' internal matters'," he said.

Replying to a question on marginalisation of ethnic Indians in Malaysia, he said the matter has been taken up with the Malysian government.

On Left parties' threat to withdraw support on Indo-US nuclear deal issue, Mukherjee said it is a "media creation". "I spoke to (CPI-M General Secretary) Prakash Karat on Saturday and he denied what had been published in the newspaper," he said.

India will negotiate with IAEA on India-specific safeguards agreement and that will be put before the UPA-Left committee on the deal, Mukherjee added.

 
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