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Musharraf rejects India's claim of shooting down s

February 06, 2003 22:04 IST

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said no Pakistani spy plane was shot down inside Indian territory as claimed by Indian authorities on Wednesday.

Speaking to reporters in Moscow, where he is on state visit, Musharraf said:  "I only wish we had unmanned spy aircraft."

An Indian Army spokesman had said on Wednesday that India had shot down a unmanned aerial vehicle after it crossed the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

"We have no spy aircraft," Musharraf said adding that "nothing of that sort has happened".

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