Pakistan says peace process with India must go on

ISLAMABAD, July 14 (Reuters) Pakistan today said its peace process with India must continue regardless of this week's bomb attacks in Mumbai that killed 179 people and rejected Indian accusations of Pakistani involvement.

Responding to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's warning that the peace process would not progress unless Pakistan fulfilled promises to stop the support of anti-Indian terrorism from its soil, a Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said the accusations against Pakistan were ''unsubstantiated''.

''The peace process between Pakistan and India is a separate matter,'' spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said.

''It is in the interest of both Pakistan and India as well as the region. That is why we believe that the peace process must be continued and carried forward,'' she added.

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