Kashmir incursions won't derail peace move: Delhi

Lieutenant General S.S. Dhillon said the incursions and guerrilla violence would have to be on a much bigger level to derail the peace process that has led to better transport, sporting and commercial links between the nuclear rivals.

"This infiltration, I think is something which will not impact the peace process," Dhillon, head of the 15 corps guarding the ceasefire line in Kashmir, told a news conference.

"It will have to be something far more violent or sensational than this routine infiltration. I think it will continue for some time and it should not affect the peace process."

Nearly three dozen militants trying to sneak into Indian Kashmir have been killed on the military Line of Control, which divides the Himalayan region between India and Pakistan, in a series of clashes with the army over the past 10 days.

The Indian government has consistently said Pakistan has to live up to its promise to stop the flow of Muslim militants into its part of Kashmir to join the nearly 16-year revolt there.