Mirwaiz called on former R&AW chief A S Dulat Within 24 hours of their meeting with the visiting Pakistani top diplomat, that rankled the opposition BJP, the moderate faction of Kashmiri separatists on Monday sought to revive their dialogue with New Delhi. Chairman of the Hurriyat Conference faction led by Mirwaiz Muhammad Umer Farooq called on former R&AW chief A S Dulat and sought his assistance in building bridges with the government of India to re·sus·ci·tate the ‘triangular’ dialogue process. Sources said the meeting took place after Pakistan prime minister’s advisor on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, who is here to attend a multilateral conference, asked Hurriyat leaders to help bring the Kashmir issue involving India and Pakistan back to negotiang table. The meeting took place at the residence of Dulat, who termed the conversation as a ‘friendly chat between two old friends’ and refused to divulge more details. “If the government of India is serious, they have to engage them (separatists). The separatists may look for signals on what to do from Pakistan, but in the absence of New Delhi’s engagement, what other option do they have,” Dulat told reporters Dulat was in charge of Kashmir affairs during NDA regime and has been strongly advocating resumption of dialogue with separatists. He termed the meeting between separatists and Pakistani diplomats as a routine exercise
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:13:10 +0000
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