building measures between the two neighbors «might extend into the nuclear arena.» New Zealand was the first nation to pass legislation banning nuclear arms and nuclear-powered vessels from its territorial waters. Musharraf said he was committed to a «rapprochement» with India, and was working with its Prime Minister Manmohan Singh toward that goal. Progress toward ending the decades-old fight over control of the Himalayan region of Kashmir was being made, Musharraf said. «We see light at the end of the tunnel in our efforts to resolve the Kashmir dispute once and for all,» he said, adding the «opportunity must be grasped.» «I have no doubt it can be resolved,» he later told the Auckland Foreign Correspondents' Club.
