Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he is ready for sustained, meaningful and result-oriented dialogue with India to resolve the Kashmir issue on the basis of UN Security Council resolutions.
Musharraf said India and Pakistan were bound by their commitment to the international community and to the Kashmiri people to resolve the issue according to the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. Pakistan was willing to enter into a sustained, meaningful and result-oriented dialogue with India to find a just solution of the issue on that basis, he said.
In an interview with Russian newspaper 'Nezavisimaya Gazeta', Musharraf rejected suggestions that his decision to join the international coalition and support military strikes in Afghanistan had caused a split in the Pakistani society. The vast majority of the Pakistanis have strongly backed the government's stance to support the international coalition in its fight against terrorism, He said.
It has been our principled position to oppose terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, he added.
About the division among Pakistan's political parties over his Afghan policy, he said he did not think one can divide the political parties into categories. There are many political parties in Pakistan, which are functioning freely. The political parties may differ with some aspects of the government policy and in the wisdom of the decision to back the international coalition against terrorism, He said.
Bureau Report