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SAARC can realise full potential once Kashmir issue is settled: Mufti 11/27/2014 11:12:00 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 27 : Opposition PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said SAARC can realise its full potential only if pestering issues between India and Pakistan, including Kashmir, are settled amicably. "SAARC leadership has to recognise the fact that the forum couldn't take off effectively since its inception in 1985 because of the unresolved issues between India and Pakistan including the Kashmir issue," Sayeed said while addressing election rallies in south Kashmir. Sayeed said the current elections offer a historic opportunity to people of the state to send a strong message to the national leadership about their urge for peace and reconciliation between the two countries which could facilitate resolution and enduring peace. "A strong and inclusive mandate to PDP would enable it channelise this urge effectively and revive the initiatives of 2003," he said. "In another way the forum (SAARC) can provide a space for the resolution of issues between India and Pakistan including Kashmir," he said. The political aspect of the issues between India and Pakistan would be easier to address if the economic space created in SAARC paradigm is ensured for a potentially rich place like Jammu and Kashmir, he said. Sayeed said the fast-changing equations in Jammu and Kashmir provide the country's leadership not just a challenge but an opportunity as well to take a giant step towards making India at peace not only with its neighbours but with itself as well. He said the pain of the people in Jammu and Kashmir has reached a level where the hope of peace is sure to gain substantial local support. "The encouraging participation of people in the ongoing polls should not be misconstrued as the problem having disappeared without addressing it," he said. Sayeed said the renewed trust people of the state have reposed in the democratic institutions, offers a fresh opportunity to work through peaceful and reconciliatory means towards addressing all the dimensions of the Kashmir issue in a manner that balances and promotes enduring political and economic stability in the state and the region. He called for speeding up and expanding the Indo-Pak peace process to find substantial solution to the problem of Jammu and Kashmir and addressing the legitimate aspirations of its people.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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