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| Pak-India talks: Civil, military leadership inflexible on Kashmir |
| 2015-10-10 |
| [NATION.PK] The civil and military leadership is unanimous that Kashmire cannot be excluded from the agenda for any talks with India, officials said today. This comes after India said it was ready to hold talks with Pakistain but only on the terms that were agreed between Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... and Narendra Modi in Ufa. At Ufa this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pak counterpart Nawaz Sharif had agreed to work together to rein in regional militancy, scheduling rare meetings between national security advisers and heads of border security. The security talks between Pakistain and India scheduled for August 24 this year were called off after New Delhi opposed a planned meeting between Pak envoy in India and Kashmiri leaders. New Delhi insisted to discuss only terror issues. India's foreign ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said India was committed to Ufa understandings and if Pakistain was ready to talk accordingly "India is ready for it." Earlier today, Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi said peace was essential for progress and prosperity in the region. Yesterday Foreign Office Qazi Khalilullah said Pakistain was ready for talks with India but "pre-conditions are not acceptable." "We have insisted for negotiations on all issues including the core dispute of Jammu and Kashmire," he added. A foreign ministry official said Pakistain's civil and military leadership were not ready to hold talks with India without Kashmire on the agenda. "India wants to exclude Kashmire from the agenda to make Kashmire irrelevant. We can't betray Kashmiris. No talks with India can be complete without Kashmire," he said. Another official said the Ufa meeting did not prohibit meeting with Kashmiris and New Delhi had unnecessarily raised the issue in August. |
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