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| Kashmir separatist group shun Indian PM's offer of talks |
| 2010-06-09 |
| Kashmiri separatists have turned down Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's offer of talks. The prime minister arrived in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir on a two day visit on Monday. He renewed the offer of talks to the separatists, but laced it with the condition that "they shun violence." On Tuesday, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference said it will forgo the talks, adding that "a favorable situation had to precede for the talks to takeoff." The group said it wanted a repeal of the law that gave "unbridled" power to Indian security forces, the release of prisoners and withdrawal of troops. "The dialogue has to be trilateral involving India, Pakistan and Kashmiri leadership and the solution has to address the wishes of the people of Kashmir for lasting peace and stability in the region," said the chairman of the party's moderate faction, Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq. The United Jihad Council (UJC), a coalition of various militant groups based in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, dismissed the prime minister's offer as "old wine in new bottles" and said that "India was suppressing by force the just struggle of Kashmiris for their right to self determination." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 What? No surprise meter here? Does anybody really believe these people want peace? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-06-09 11:39 |