SRINAGAR: Amid increase in the number of ceasefire violations, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said there were “no” skirmishes on borders during his tenure as Chief Minister as there was a perceptible improvement in relations between India and Pakistan.
In an interview with an Australian publication here, he said that India and Pakistan have to resolve all their issues across the table as gun is “not” a solution.
“You can change friends, not neighbours. Gun is no solution. All issues between India and Pakistan have to be resolved across the table,” he said.
The State Government issued the excerpts of the interview given to the foreign editor of ‘The Australian’ here.
Sayeed said that during his first tenure as Chief Minister, there was perceptible improvement in relations between India and Pakistan and there were no skirmishes on borders.
The Chief Minister said the Government was working on widening the scope of cross-Line of Control trade and travel between the divided parts of Kashmir.
“The cross-LoC trade and travel between India and Pakistan is the biggest confidence building measure. We have two trade and travel points at Uri-Salamabad in Kashmir and Chakan da Bagh in Jammu division and we are working to broaden the scope of cross-LoC trade and travel further,” he said.
Sayeed said the coalition between his PDP and the BJP was a “true representative” Government. (AGENCIES)
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