•Shekhar Gupta: American diplomats told us that such things happen we can see that nothing is happening. So it was deliberately done.

Pranab Mukherjee: It was deliberately done. Then it became quite clear that they will not do anything. And here I must make a very small observation that there is no tension. That to make efforts to ease the tension. Only the tension…if the so called tension exists...i don't know what tension exists now… what I am suggesting that if they take action as I have outlined then there is no reason why there should be tension. There should be no problem

•Shekhar Gupta: Tension also goes up when you say all options are open.

Pranab Mukherjee: No when I said that all option are open…it was in the context that we do not know what action ??? to take. At what point of time...i do not say options means simply one option….there are various options…diplomatic options are there…other options are also there...but I just said that other options are also open…

•Shekhar Gupta: So as such you do not see any tension…

Pranab Mukherjee: I do not see any tension

•Shekhar Gupta: No troop movement…? No activity on the borders.

Pranab Mukherjee: No troop movement…from our side I do not know what they are doing from their side. Of course we keep information but from our side we haven't done anything to cause any tension to…

•Shekhar Gupta: If I can simplify it…can we divide Pakistan's response in three phases- first phase sounded sincere and of shock. Second phase sounded like diverting attention and being obstinate and third phase do we again see them coming around a little bit…last few statements

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