'Unprecedented And Unacceptable'

Mr. Vyas was again harassed in Islamabad. Anything on that?
There was another incident yesterday morning and that was factored in our response yesterday. This harassmentis quite unprecedented and unacceptable.

Is there any move to temporarily recall Mr. Vyas and also is there any connection in this incident and thestatement made by Pakistan Foreign Minister in UN?
As far as the first part is concerned I don't have any information and if there is anything I will come backto you. As far as the second part of your question is concerned, several issues extraneous to the UN wereraked up there but the only connection I can see is of a common mindset which is bent on keeping bilateralrelations off the rails, a common mindset which is bent on sidetracking the real issue - that of cross borderterrorism incited by Pakistan in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and a mindset from which arises theunprecedented sort of harassment in which normal diplomatic courtesies are not being observed. 

What about the charges made by Pakistan that similar incident happens to their High Commission officials inDelhi?
Well as I said yesterday, there was a complaint referred to by somebody here dated January 7, 2003. This wasinvestigated and there was no truth found in the matter. 

There was a press note issued by Pakistan Foreign Office which was faxed to newspaper offices saying that15-20 days ago similar treatment were meted out to the Pakistani Officials in Delhi?
Well I am not aware of these incidents and nor has anything of this nature been brought to my notice. I amsurprised that the letter and you are mentioning similar cases. How many similar cases can there be of aCharge d' Affaires, the senior most diplomat of India being harassed twice in three day at such levels when heand his wife are held in a car for 45 minutes and are repeatedly boxed in to cover a 10 minutes journey in oneand a half hours. I don't see any similarity with any allegation which has been made. 

One specific case that was mentioned in that letter was that of January 7 incident?
Well, I have just responded to the January 7 allegation. It was investigated and no truth was found in thatmatter.