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| PDP welcomes PM's J&K-specific CBMs | | Amicable Kashmir solution more in sight today: Sayeed | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 25
Welcoming the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's assertion of making Jammu and Kashmir a bridge of friendship and cooperation between India and Pakistan, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said peace and progress in the South Asian region have probably been never as critically linked as they are today.
In a statement, issued here this evening, PDP Patron said at one end, the South Asian region is striving to catch up in the global race for economic prosperity and at the other it is beset with the hazards of regional problems. "Obviously, the region's future lies in how its leadership copes with this challenge," he said and added that as has been the shared vision of the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and the PDP, Jammu & Kashmir could not only emerge as a vital link to Indo-Pak cooperation, but an epicenter of the resurgent, peaceful, stable and prosperous South Asia.
Sayeed said the inter and intra-State confidence and reconciliation measures announced by Dr Singh for various sections of the society and also for easing cross-LoC movement of people and goods through existing and new routes, is another milestone towards the implementation of the vision that had developed over the past few years for the peaceful and amicable settlement of the Kashmir issue and securing peace, progress and dignity for its people.
Sayeed said the proposed significant CBM measures, announced by Dr Singh, including facilitating easier and more frequent travel and trade through Srinagar-Muzafarabad and Poonch-Rawalakote roads, opening of Kargil-Skardu and Suchetgarh-Sialkote roads, rehabilitation package for Kashmiri Pandits and the victims of violence-irrespective of their affiliation and relief measures for border migrants and refugees are going to add much-needed substance to the peace and reconciliation process.
The present initiative, Sayeed said is markedly different from the ill-fated ones launched from time to time over the past few decades. "Its contours match the imperatives of the emerging global scenario unlike in the past when rigidity and inflexibility refused to yield place to pragmatism and feasibility," he said and added a ceasefire along the line of control and the international border has been successfully working, with a number of other confidence building measures already in place. He said the positive impact of these measures is distinctively visible on the ground in Jammu & Kashmir and the constituency of peace and reconciliation is becoming larger day by day.
Seeking cooperation of the people from all the regions and sub-regions of the State in consolidating the gains of the peace and reconciliation process, Sayeed said PDP's vision of a South Asia free of friction and feud emanates from the basic oneness of its people that would dominate all other considerations in an atmosphere of goodwill with a space of dignity and opportunity for the people of Jammu & Kashmir. |
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