Jammu,Nov 12: New Delhi is said to have emphatically conveyed to Islamabad that ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir cannot coexist with talks. Official sources said that the External Affairs Minister, Salamn Khurshid, has told Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif's, adviser Sartaj Aziz that once India was convinced that Pak troops were no longer violating ceasefire on the LOC and the IB in Jammu and Kashmir and had stopped exporting terror, New Delhi could think of reopening the channels of dialogue with Islamabad. Sources said that even at the diplomatic level India has conveyed to Pakistan that terror and talks cannot go together. According to the official sources, though the Congress led UPA Government has found nothing unprecedented about the meeting between Aziz Sartaj and Kashmiri separatists within the premises of Pak High Commission in New Delhi, it has felt peeved over the reported statement of Dukhtaram-e- Millat Chief, Aasiya Andrabi, in which she has claimed that Aziz had favoured plebiscite as the solution for the Kashmir issue and has rejected Gen. Pervez Musharraf's four-point proposal on Kashmir. Reports said that Kashmiri separatists, who had a session with Aziz in New Delhi, had claimed that there was some change in the outlook of Islamabad as Aziz Sartaj had supported plebiscite. Aasiya Andrabi, who heads the radical all-women separatist outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of Nation), met Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's advisor on foreign affairs in New Delhi.
Andrabi, the only woman among the Kashmiri separatist leaders who met Aziz, said she shared her "concerns" with Sharif's adviser. "We have taken a decision that we will stand for the right to self-determination, nothing less than that, We ensure you we are with you," Andrabi quoted Aziz as telling her during the meeting. Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir, Dukhtaran-e Millat's general secretary Nahida Nasreen and Andrabi's close aide Fehmeeda Sofi were also present at the meeting. Andrabi said Sharif's advisor "admitted" that Musharraf's policy, which was a major change in Pakistan's traditional approach on Kashmir, was a "mistake". Sources said that New Delhi has again conveyed to Islamabad that plebiscite was totally ruled out because the Kashmir issue was an internal problem requiring solution within the country. Islamabad was also told to forget about seeking third-country mediation because all previous accords, including the Shimla Agreement, have ruled out third-party intervention. |
