New Delhi, Feb 06: Demanding a public apology from the Hurriyat Conference for the ''genocide'' of Kashmiri Pandits, the Panun Kashmir today said it was willing to hold talks with the amalgam only after the separatist alliance makes its stand clear on the Kashmir issue vis-a-vis the displaced community.

''The Hurriyat Conference represents the political face of militants who are responsible for the genocide of the Kashmiri Pandits. It has to give a public apology for all the atrocities committed on the minority community,'' Panun Kashmir convenor Dr Agnishekhar said. ''We are ready to hold talks with Hurriyat leaders provided they make their stand clear on the Kashmir issue vis-a-vis the Kashmiri Pandits. There is no harm in talking to anyone,'' he added. Demanding that the separatist alliance state its agenda for the talks, he said the Hurriyat had to take into account the aspirations of the Pandits. ''Earlier, the separatist amalgam wanted the Pandits to join their movement and revolt against the government. When we did not join them, we were massacred. The Hurriyat has to tell us if there are any conditions this time.'' Agnishekhar said the amalgam would also have to state its position on the return and rehabilitation of the displaced community. He said the Kashmiri Pandit leadership has so far not received any invitation for talks from the Hurriyat Conference. The Panun Kashmir, a frontal organisation of the Kashmir Pandits, will never shy away from any dialogue process aimed at resolving the Kashmir issue, he said. On January 31, several Pandit organisations rejected the Hurriyat's talks offer. The Panun Kashmir Movement, the Jammu and Kashmir Watch, the All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference, the All Kashmiri Pandit Solidarity Conference and the Migrant Coordination Committee of Camps had jointly rejected the offer at a news conference in Jammu. Regarding the Centre-Hurriyat dialogue, Agnishekhar demanded that the government hold talks with the Pandit leadership separately. ''We are victims of violence. The government should hold talks with us as a separate group the same way it did with the Hurriyat,'' he added. On January 22 Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani had told the five-member Hurriyat delegation to broaden the dialogue process and represent the aspirations of the Kashmiri Pandits also. Bureau Report