From KO Archives | Pak Asks India To Allow Hurriyat Visit
(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan has again demanded India respond to its long standing invitation to allow Kashmiri leaders to visit Islamabad for talks to kickstart a formal peace dialogue
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Reiterating Pakistan's dismissal of India's latest extension of its so-called ceasefire in Kashmir. Foreign Secretary Inam-ul Haq said Pakistan's invitation to the Hurriyat leaders was still on the table
“I am not sure what these talks will begin, but a long as long as Kashmir dispute is not resolved according to the wishes of Kashmiris people, this region will and it difficult to have a durable peace,' he said in a speech at the Institute of Strategic Studies.
Pakistan has responded to the ceasefire by offering; 'minimum restraint' along the Line of Control and withdrawal of some of its troops from the area.
In November it also invited India-based Kashmiri separatist leaders from the All Party Hurriyat Conference for talks in Islamabad
New Delhi has not opposed the idea but so far it has not issued the necessary travel documents to the Hurriyat leaders.
'India has not made any headway to conduct tripartite talks' involving Pakistan. India and the Hurriyat, a government spokesman said.
A team of US congressmen currently in Pakistan, having visited India earlier in the week has also urged India to allow the Hurriyat to travel lo Islamabad.
Haq reminded India and the international community that it was the Hizbul Mujahideen, one of the most powerful militant outfits fighting to oust the Indians from Kashmir, who offered the first ceasefire
He said the Hizb's two-week ceasefire, which ended in August, was short-lived 'because of Indian attempts to divide the Kashmiri people'
The Hizb has stuck by its demand for three-way talks including India. Pakistan and the Kashmir as well as an Indian troop reduction in the Muslim majority state. (AFP)
(Kashmir Observer, 02 March, 2001)
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