Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 19: Pakistan invited Kashmiri separatists for a meeting with its National Security Advisor (NSA), Sartaj Aziz, ahead of NSA level talks to be held in New Delhi next week.
Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner, Mansoor Ahmad Khan, last night invited separatist leaders for a meeting with Aziz on August 23 and chairmen of both the factions of Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Shah Geelani will meet Aziz.
While accepting the invitation, a high level Hurriyat delegation headed by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq would attend the reception hosted for Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz on August 23.
A meeting of Executive Council of Hurriyat (M) welcomed the NSA level meeting. The participants stated that for the prosperity of India and Pakistan and whole of South Asia, meaningful dialogue aimed to solve the Kashmir dispute was inevitable.
It stated that Hurriyat Conference supports a meaningful dialogue between the two countries and including them, which aims at finding a lasting solution to the problem in keeping with the aspirations of people of J&K and other stakeholders.
The participants stated that due to lingering Kashmir dispute, the relation between India and Pakistan have remained tense for decades, adding, such hostilities were not in the interest of the people of both nations including whole of South Asia. They stated the tensions between two nations and on borders would de-escalate only through meaningful dialogue aimed to solving the Kashmir dispute in accordance to the aspirations of its people.
Hurriyat Conference (G) Executive Body meeting held at the residence of Syed Ali Shah Geelani at Hyderpora and decided that Geelani will meet Sartaj Aziz.
A spokesman said that Geelani will apprise Aziz about the prevailing situation of the state and will stress him that Pakistan should show stability and consistency in its Kashmir policy and they should activate their diplomatic channels to highlight this human issue in the world forums in a better way.
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