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Despite an apology for his controversial statement on the Kashmir issue, the government on Friday decided to summon shortly Major General Hermann K Loidolt, chief of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan and issue him a "verbal demarche".
Loidolt had said New Delhi and Islamabad were playing "political games" and that the United States should play a role in resolution of the Kashmir issue.
Foreign Secretary Chokila Iyer told reporters that Loidolt had already apologised and would soon be meeting officials of the external affairs ministry.
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