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| India and Pakistan will be forced to talk to APHC: Prof. Bhat | | |
Srinagar, August 31:-Peeved over the prolonged delay on the part of the Centre in inviting leaders of All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) for another round of talks the Hurriyat leaders is optimistic on the resumption of dialogue.
“Forces of history are more powerful than the nuclear weapons and in the developing situation Delhi and Islamabad would be forced to hold talks with us,” said a senior APHC leader, Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat.
He said that neither India nor Pakistan could ignore the aspiration and sensitivity of people of all the regions of Jammu and Kashmir and a time was not far off when “those who represent the aspirations of people of the state will be involved in the parleys.”
Prof. Bhat said India and Pakistan faced three main problems of shortage of food, river water and energy. He added the energy resources were getting exhausted and can be compensated if the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline was built. He explained that the gas pipeline could become a reaility when India and Pakistan join hands.”The two have to be friends and not enemies and friendship is possible if the two remove the bottlenecks in the normalization of the relations.”
The APHC leader said that the two nations could become friends when they resolve the Kashmir issue to the satisfaction of the people of the state and that was possible “when we are involved in the talks.” He said “I am not a prophet of doom. I am an optimist and hence I am convinced that circumstances will ultimately force Delhi to resume talks with us which would be followed by our participation in the bilateral dialogue.”
He said,in reply to a question,that “the problem of food shortage and river water dispute could be tackled when India and Pakistan come together.During the last several years the two sides have not been able to resolve the Wullar Barrage issue and other disputes because the core issue of Kashmir remained unresolved. ”Prof. Bhat said that “we will not beg for the resumption of talks because we know that a situation is fast emerging when there cannot be any escape for reopening the channels of dialogue with us.
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