DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: President Clinton is in India today on his trip to South Asia. He and the Indian prime minister agreed to closer ties between their two countries. But there was no agreement over India's nuclear capability or its long-standing feud with Pakistan. New violence in the disputed Kashmir region underscored the problem today. CNN's John King reports from New Delhi.</s>JOHN KING, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The two leaders agreed it was past time for India and the United States to become better friends, and both called the latest bloodshed in Kashmir an outrage. But despite the smiles, there was little agreement on the contentious issues that prompted President Clinton to call South Asia the world's most dangerous region. The United States wants India to scrap its nuclear weapons program. Prime Minister Atal Vajpayee said "no."</s>ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE, INDIAN PRIME MINISTER: I have explained to President Clinton the reasons that compel us to maintain a minimum nuclear deterrent.</s>KING: Mr. Clinton is pushing for new talks over the disputed Kashmir region, but India blamed Pakistan for the overnight massacre of 35 Sikhs. So, even as the prime minister said there was no threat of full-scale war and that he was open to new negotiations, it was clear the bloodshed had exacerbated an already-volatile situation.</s>VAJPAYEE: We have the means and the will to eliminate this menace.</s>KING: Pakistan accused India of staging the attack, leaving the U.S. president in the middle of a 50-year-old dispute between neighbors who now have nuclear weapons.</s>WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The violence must end. This should be a time for restraint, for respect of the line of control, for renewed lines of communication.</s>KING: This joint statement commits the world's two largest democracies to more political and economic cooperation.</s>KAGAN: And that was our John King reporting from New Delhi. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web
Overnight Massacre in Kashmir Stalls Nuclear Talks Between Clinton, Vajpayee