Pak Polls: Indian Army heaves sigh of relief

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Posted online: Saturday , February 23, 2008 at 02:50:32

New Delhi, February 23: India was a ‘little worried’ when things were ‘turbulent’ in Pakistan but the elections there have generated hope that the situation will improve, Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor has said.

Kapoor had words of praise for his Pakistani counterpart Gen Ashfaq Kayani, saying he was a ‘professional’ soldier and it was ‘reassuring’ to have him as the head of the army of that country.

He played down the possibility of Pakistan carrying out any adventurous action against India to avert attention from troubles at home, citing the Pakistan army's commitment internally and on the country's western borders.

"When the things were turbulent, we were a little worried. And therefore, we were very vigilant on the borders," the Army Chief told Karan Thapar's Devil's Advocate programme for CNN-IBN.

"With the elections now having taken place, I think the security situation in Pakistan, if it now gets stabilised, should improve," Kapoor said.

He said Pakistan would hopefully ‘have a government’ in the next few days and ‘we would be able to talk to a democratically-elected government to resolve some of our differences’.

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