Srinagar: In the backdrop of Prime Ministers
of India and Pakistan meeting during the cricket World Cup
semi-final match in Mohali, moderate faction of the Hurriyat
Conference on Monday said resolution of the Kashmir issue was
imperative to bring a positive change in relations between the
two countries.
"Pleasant changes can be brought to the relations between
India and Pakistan only after a solution is sought to the
Kashmir issue," the Hurriyat faction headed by Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq said in a statement after a meeting of the amalgam.
The meeting, chaired by Mirwaiz, was convened to discuss
the recent goodwill gestures by the premiers of India and
Pakistan and its effects on Kashmir.
"The solution of this issue can no longer be delayed or
hijacked by political maneuvering," the Hurriyat said,
pressing for inclusion of Kashmiri leadership in the dialogue
process to address the long-standing issue.
The separatist amalgam also rejected reports of having
forged any contact with the Centre`s Interlocutors on Kashmir.
"Hurriyat is desirous of a final solution to Kashmir
issue. Whether recommendations (of interlocutors) help or not,
we have no interest in them," the statement said, adding that
Hurriyat has not put forward any suggestion or formula to the
interlocutors.
The group, however, said if any member has established a
contact with the interlocutors, it is not on behalf of the
amalgam.
PTI
