Pakistan will continue to support the separatist cause in Jammu & Kashmir, its national security adviser Sartaj Aziz told Hurriyat during his meeting with the hardliners led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Sunday, a Hurriyat spokesman said on Friday.
Aziz’s response was in reaction to Geelani conveying to the Pakistan NSA that the Musharraf formula on Kashmir was unacceptable to Kashmiris and that Pakistan should instead stress on the UN resolution “pending since 1947” over the issue. “Geelani told Aziz that Pakistan should continue to support the Kashmir cause politically as well as diplomatically, besides through other means,” said Ayaz Akbar, Geelani’s spokesman.
Musharraf’s four points included demilitarization, maximum autonomy, making the border irrelevant and joint management of the area. Geelani, considered the most influential Kashmiri separatist leader in the Valley, met Aziz in New Delhi on Sunday last along with other separatists. Chairman of Hurriyat’s moderate faction, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, told Aziz he wasn’t averse to talks between India and Pakistan on Kashmir. Aziz is believed to have told Mirwaiz, “The government is not averse to undertaking proposal for intra-regional cooperation between two parts of Kashmir.”
Aziz’s response was in reaction to Geelani conveying to the Pakistan NSA that the Musharraf formula on Kashmir was unacceptable to Kashmiris and that Pakistan should instead stress on the UN resolution “pending since 1947” over the issue. “Geelani told Aziz that Pakistan should continue to support the Kashmir cause politically as well as diplomatically, besides through other means,” said Ayaz Akbar, Geelani’s spokesman.
Musharraf’s four points included demilitarization, maximum autonomy, making the border irrelevant and joint management of the area. Geelani, considered the most influential Kashmiri separatist leader in the Valley, met Aziz in New Delhi on Sunday last along with other separatists. Chairman of Hurriyat’s moderate faction, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, told Aziz he wasn’t averse to talks between India and Pakistan on Kashmir. Aziz is believed to have told Mirwaiz, “The government is not averse to undertaking proposal for intra-regional cooperation between two parts of Kashmir.”
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