Hurriyat Conference (MJ) Chairman Dr. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today convened a joint meeting of Hurriyat Executive Council, General Council and Working Committee members at conglomerates headquarters located in Rajbagh.According to a statement issued to KNS, heads and representatives of all the constituents of the conglomerate participated in the meeting. The meeting discussed the current political situation in the region, especially in the backdrop of cancellation of Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks, besides discussing organizational matters threadbare.Informing the participants about his recent meeting with Pakistan High commissioner Abdul Basit in New Delhi, APHC Chairman told the participants that he conveyed the principled stand of Hurriyat regarding the Kashmir issue to the envoy. Terming the participation of Kashmiris inevitable for the success of any future dialogue over Kashmir, Mirwaiz told the envoy that the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmiris should be respected since they were the primary stake holders to the Kashmir dispute, and by avoiding them, no permanent solution to the vexed dispute could be arrived at, he added.
Mirwaiz stated that envoy assured him that Pakistan would always keep Kashmiri aspirations, emotions, and exemplary sacrifices paramount and would wholeheartedly make efforts to uphold the place of Kashmiris as the main stakeholders to the dispute and ensure their participation in any negotiation process aimed at the resolution of the Kashmir dispute. APHC Chairman further stated that envoy assured him that Pakistan would continue with its national policy of supporting the Kashmiri cause on moral, political and diplomatic fronts.
While expressing his regret and concern over calling off talks by the Indian government, Mirwaiz stated that envoy told him such moves were contrary to the historic and political realities connected with the issue. The envoy told Mirwaiz that issue could be solved only through meaningful dialogue and vexed dispute of Kashmir has to be solved in its proper historical and political context through result oriented dialogue between the three stake holders. The meeting decided that keeping in view the changing political situation in India and Pakistan, Hurriyat would soon formulate its future strategy. (KNS)