New Delhi, May 7, SPA -- India's foreign minister praised Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf for his effortsto promote peace between the two nations, and said in aninterview published Saturday that relations between the two countrieshadn't been better in decades. Commenting on the inauguration of a new bus servicebetween Indian- and Pakistani-controlled sides of dividedKashmir, Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh told The Hindunewspaper that Musharraf's role was instrumental. "I must say that without his (Musharraf's) personalinvolvement, it would not have been possible to have thebus service started," Singh was quoted as saying.--SPA1407 Local Time 1107 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/260521